1. UNDERSTANDING
HEALTH IMPACTS OF
GLOBAL CLIMATE
CHANGE
Kangjun Choi

2. Greenhouse effect
• Accumulated carbon dioxide around the
earth blocks heat waves from escaping
the earth.
• melt glaciers and sea level increases.
• Sea water level was increased 3.2 mm
in 2013.
• Climate scientists predict that the sea
level will be 7 feet higher by 2100.
• Many coastal cities will be flooded.

3. Respiratory Illnesses
• Carbon dioxide and other chemical from
cars can cause respiratory illnesses to
people, especially children and seniors
are vulnerable to air pollution.

4. Oil Depletion
• Petroleum cars and oil plants
emit carbon dioxide.
• Petroleum demands will surpass
the supply in 2015

5. Ocean Acidification
• Carbon Dioxide dissolves calcium
carbonate which is the one of
substances in the shells and skeletons
of aquatic organisms.
• When acidification level surpasses
aquatic organisms’ range of tolerance,
aquatic organisms will die and mankind
will lose many things that related to
natural sea organisms.

6. Floods
 They can kill or traumatize
living organisms by
drowning.
 They can increase water-
borne or vector-borne
communicable disease
infection.

7. Water-borne diseases
 Typhoid fever, Cholera,
Leptospirosis and Hepatitis
A
 Floods spread rodents’
urine in the soil.
 Floods contaminate
drinking water facilities

8. Vector-borne diseases
 Malaria, dengue and dengue
haemorrhagic fever, yellow
fever, and West Nile Fever
 Floods serve breeding sites for
infectious disease causing
mosquitos.

9. Smart Roads with sustainable
energy
• Solar panels can be installed on the
road and wind turbines can be
installed on the middle of street lights.
• Solar panels will collect solar energy
on sunny days and wind turbines will
generate energy from the high speed
vehicles.
• The gathered energy can be used on
street lights, signals, cameras and
censors.

10. Canal Transportation
• Ships emit less carbon dioxide than
trucks.
• A cargo ship emits 10 grams to 40
grams of carbon dioxide per 1 kilometer
and a cargo truck emits 60 grams to 150
grams of carbon dioxide per 1 kilometer.
• water bridges can store sea water into
the lands and use it for transportation
without flooding the coastal cities.

11. Electric cars & Electric Car
Charging Lanes
• When we use electric cars,
we can reduce carbon dioxide
emission.
• One of Japanese automobile
company is expanding
electric charging
infrastructures.
• Highways can become
wireless electric chargers.
• If we install wireless energy
transmitters under the car
lanes, electronic cars with
energy receivers can be
charged while driving on
highways.

12. Questions?