GREENHOUSE

EFFECT AND
GLOBAL
WARMING
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the
students must have:

1.Discussed the concept of greenhouse

effect and global warming;
2.Distinguished its impact to the society.
 • What is
greenhouse
effect?
MAIN • What is Global
Warming?
POINTS • Cause
• Effects
• Prevention
 • a natural process that warms the
Earth’s surface
 When the Sun’s energy reaches the
Earth’s atmosphere, some of it is
Greenhouse reflected back to space and the rest is
Effect absorbed and re-radiated by
greenhouse gases.
50%

25%

10%

90%
 Common Greenhouse
Gases
1. Water vapor

The most abundant

greenhouse gas,
but importantly, it
acts as a feedback
to the climate.
 2. Carbon
dioxide
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the
most significant greenhouse
gas.
Natural sources of atmospheric
CO2 include outgassing
from volcanoes,
the combustion and natural
decay of organic matter,
and respiration by aerobic
(oxygen-using) organisms.
 3. Methane

Methane (CH4) is the second

most important greenhouse gas.
CH4 is more potent than
CO2 because the radiative
forcing produced per molecule is
greater.
 4. Surface-
level ozone 6. Fluorinated
gases
Surface O3 is a result 5. Nitrous
Oxides F-gases are powerful
of air pollution; it must
Natural production of greenhouse gases, with a
be distinguished from global warming effect up to 23,
nitrous oxide is from
naturally occurring microbial activity in soils 000 times greater than carbon
stratospheric O3, which and in the ocean and dioxide (CO2), and their
after nitrous oxide
has a very different role emissions are rising strongly.
production by the
in the planetary microbes the gas goes
radiation balance. to the atmosphere.
Global warming is a phenomenon of climate
change characterized by a general increase
in average temperatures of the Earth,
which modifies the weather balances and
ecosystems for a long time. It is directly
linked to the increase of greenhouse gases
in our atmosphere, worsening the
greenhouse effect.
Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide (CO2) and other air pollutants and
greenhouse gases collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar
radiation that have bounced off the earth’s surface.
1. On biodiversity
The increase of temperatures and the climate upheavals disturb the
ecosystems, modify the conditions and cycles of plant reproduction.

2. On oceans
permafrost and ice are melting massively at the poles, increasing the sea
level at a rate never known before.
3. On humans
Human beings are not spared by these upheavals. Climate change is affecting
the global economy. It is already shaking up social, health and geopolitical
balances in many parts of the world. The scarcity of resources like food and
energy gives rise to new conflicts.

4. On the weather
the impact is huge: more droughts and heatwaves, more precipitations, more
natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, storms and wildfires, frost-free season,
etc.
 Expand the use of renewable energy and transform our energy system
to one that is cleaner and less dependent on coal and other fossil
fuels.
 Increase vehicle fuel efficiency and support other solutions
that reduce oil use.
 Place limits on the amount of carbon that polluters are allowed to
emit.
 Build a clean energy economy by investing in efficient energy
technologies, industries, and approaches.
 Reduce tropical deforestation and its associated global warming
emissions
International climate negotiations
A national blueprint for a clean energy
economy
Building support for national climate policies
State and regional climate policies