CLIMATE CHANGE

CLIMATE
Climate is a pattern of weather elements such as temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind
pattern, frequency of storms, sunny days, rough or calm seas, etc.

CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is a change in the usual weather found in a place. This could be a
change in how much rain a place usually gets in a year. Or it could be a change in a
place's usual temperature for a month or season.

GREENHOUSE EFFECT
Greenhouse effect refers to rise in global temperature due to the process by which the
gases in the atmosphere trap the heat coming from the sun that is re- radiated by the
earth’s surface and re-emit it downwards.

Green House Gases

 Carbon Dioxide (76%)

 Methane (16%)
 Nitrous Oxide (6%)
 Fluorinated Gases (2%)

What causes climate change?

 Warming of the climate system is undeniable, as is now evident from
observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures,
widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level.

 Global GHGs due to human activities have grown since pre-industrial times, with
an increase of 70% between 1970 and 2004.

 The production of carbon dioxide molecules that absorb heat and radiate that
heat to the surface of the earth.
  Continued GHG emissions at or above current rates would cause further
warming and induce may changes in the global climate system during the 21st
century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th
century.
Such as…
1. Burning of fossil fuels by transport vehicles
2. Burning of fossil fuels (gasoline, diesel, coal, crude oil) to generate electricity
3. Destruction of rainforests

What are the impacts of Climate Change on the world around us?
BIODIVERSITY
 Increases in average global temperature.
 Changing ecosystem.
 Coral bleaching that will result to dead reef ecosystem.
 Changes in cloud cover and precipitation particularly over land.
 Acidifying oceans.
 Arctic sea ice is shrinking.
 Disappearing habitat.
 20-30% of species globally at high risk of extinction.
 Sea level rise results to salt water intrusion Increased coastal erosion
displacement.
PEOPLE
 More frequent and dangerous extreme weather.
 Droughts.
 More intense hurricanes.
 reduced crop yields in tropical areas leading to an increased risk of hunger.
 Surge in wildfires (Amazon, Africa, Australia and Cordillera).
 Devastating heat waves.
 Increased soil erosion.
 increased demand for energy for space cooling because of higher summer
temperatures.
 Increased flooding (worldwide).
 Earthquakes and erupting of volcanoes.
 Less water in many water-scarce regions.
HEALTH
 Deaths.
 Spread of insect-borne diseases.
 Exacerbate respiratory illnesses.
 Spread of disease like malaria and dengue.
 An increased risk of extinction of 20 to 30 % of all plant and animal species.
 Worsening air quality - Higher emission of hydrocarbons, volatile organic
compounds Ground-level ozone, smog Asthma attacks, worsens breathing
problems.

Major impacts of climate change in the Philippines

a. Increase in temperature
b. Increased Extreme Rainfall
c. Strong Cyclones
d. Sea Level Rise

What are the likely effects of climate change?

Climate research and worst-case climate model projections indicate that rising
atmospheric temperatures will likely lead to the following effects within this century:
• Floods in low-lying coastal cities from a rise in sea levels
• More severe drought
• More intense and longer-lasting heat waves
• More destructive storms and flooding
• Forest loss and increased forest fires
• Extinction of species
• Changes in the where we can grow food.