Lesson 4 Trends Planetary Networks

TNCT LESSON 4:
PLANETARY NETWORKS: CLIMATE CHANGE

OBJECTIVES:
 The effects of consumption and production patterns
to climate change
 The effects of climate change
 Steps to address the problems of climate change
Change is inevitable. The era of globalization certainly

contributed in changing the landscape of the world and its
habitants. Amid this growth and advancement in technology, the
environment seems to bear and suffer the consequences.
Every day, we are confronted with issues on climate change
is one concrete manifestation and realization that the age of
globalization and the rapid industrial and technological
advancement has taken its toll on the natural environment.
Climate
-It is the prevailing set of atmosphere conditions such as
temperature and humidity of a place within a span of time.
Weather
-The atmospheric condition involving hot or cold, rainy or
dry, cloudy or clear sky, and stormy or calm in a short period of
time.
Climate Change
-It is also called global warming, refers to the rise in average
surface temperatures on Earth. An overwhelming scientific
consensus maintains that climate change is due primarily to the
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human use of fossil fuels, which releases greenhouse gases into
the air.
-It is a “change of climate which is attributed directly or
indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the
global atmosphere”.
Greenhouse Effect
-It is the trapping of the sun’s warmth in a planet’s lower
atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to
visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted
from the planet’s surface.
7 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE YOU’RE ALREADY SEEING

Climate change isn’t something that’s happening in 10 or 20
years. It’s happening now. Here are seven effects of climate
change you’ve already seen.
1. LONGER, MORE INTENSE ALLERGY SEASONS.
- Warming temperatures in some areas, like the Northern
United States, are extending the periods when plants release
pollen. This affects not only people who already have allergies,
but those who don’t. This means that people who have pollen
allergies might experience more intense symptoms, and people
who don’t normally have allergies might begin to experience
them.
2. FOODS YOU LOVE ARE BEOMING LESS NUTRITIOUS AND

COST MORE
The same CO2 accumulating in our atmosphere thanks to
fossil fuels is actually changing the composition of fruits and
vegetables that we eat, making them less nutritious. Extra CO2 is
speeding up photosynthesis and causing plants to grow more with
sugar and less calcium, protein, zinc, and important vitamins.
Not only is food becoming less nutritious, but it could soon
cost more too. Beginning in 2006, drought in major wheat
producing countries was a key factor in a dramatic spike in food
prices around the globe. And as the world keeps getting hotter,
we can expect to see this kind of drought more and more often.
3. MORE COMMON, MORE SEVERE, AND MORE LONG-

LASTING HEAT WAVES
Extreme heat and heat waves have happened since the
beginning of time. But across the board, climate change is making
heat waves more common, severe, and long-lasting. Heatwaves
can become so intense that our roads actually melt.
4. WILDFIRES CAUSING DAMAGE TO OUR LANDSCAPES
AND OUR COMMUNITIES (AS WELL AS OUR HEALTH)
Wildfires are devastating communities around the world.

From the billion-dollar destruction they cause to the costs of lost
plant, animal, and even human life, these devastating natural
disasters are scarring our landscapes.
5. HURRICANES ARE BECOMING MORE LIKELY AND MORE
DANGEROUS
Around the world, average sea surface temperatures are
rising. As seas get warmer, they add more water vapor and heat
energy into the atmosphere. This extra heat and water, just
happens to be the perfect fuel for hurricanes and in the right
conditions, can make dangerous storms even more powerful.
6. MORE CLIMATE-RELATED MASS MIGRATION

Climate change is already prompting an increase in
migration, with people being forced to leave their homes because
of drought, flooding, and other climate-related disasters.
7. DISEASES ARE SPREADING MORE EASILY
Disease-carrying insects thrive with warmer-than-average
temperatures, extreme heat waves, and heavy rains. These
vectors live longer in extended periods of warm weather. Fly into
new areas that were previously too cold. And reproduce in water
deposits left by rain.
Climate change is also creating ideal conditions for
waterborne pathogens like bacteria, viruses, and protozoa, which
flourish in warmer waters.
SOLUTIONS:
1. REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION
2. TRAVEL GREEN
3. WATCH YOUR WATER USE
4. REDUCE WASTE
5. PLANT A TREE
CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS
In order to avoid the most serious impacts if climate change,
humans will have to significantly reduce the amount of
greenhouse gas emissions being put into the atmosphere.
There are different approaches to make these decreases,
including optimizing vehicles proficiency, expanding access to and
utilization of open travel, overhauling building protection,
supplanting fossils with renewable energy, and diminishing
deforestation.
Numerous legislatures, organizations, and people are

starting to execute some of these techniques and hence gradually
decreasing emissions. The use of cleaner production technologies
and change of lifestyle are desired to impact a change in climate.
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TNCT LESSON 4:

PLANETARY NETWORKS: CLIMATE CHANGE

Change is inevitable. The era of globalization certainly

7 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE YOU’RE ALREADY SEEING

2. FOODS YOU LOVE ARE BEOMING LESS NUTRITIOUS AND

3. MORE COMMON, MORE SEVERE, AND MORE LONG-

Wildfires are devastating communities around the world.

6. MORE CLIMATE-RELATED MASS MIGRATION

CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS

Numerous legislatures, organizations, and people are

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