Climate Change Slides

1. PRESENTED BY THWALA P.M.

2. WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE ?
• IT IS A CHANGE IN GLOBAL OR REGIONAL CLIMATE PATTERNS.
• IN PARTICULAR A CHANGE APPARENT FROM THE MID TO THE LATE
20TH CENTURY ONWARDS
• ATTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE INCREASED LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERIC
CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCED BY THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS

3. CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
• CAUSED BY FACTORS SUCH AS: BIOTIC PROCESSES, VARIATION IN
SOLAR RADIATION RECEIVED BY EARTH
• ALSO THE PLATE TECTONICS AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS CAUSE THE
CLIMATE CHANGE.
• CERTAIN HUMAN ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PRIMARY
CAUSES OF ONGOING CLIMATE CHANGE.

4. WHO IS AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE?
• FARMERS
• FISHERS
• FORESTERS
• NEW BRUNSWICKERS
• VISITORS
• COMMERCE

5. THE DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS THE
ATMOSPHERE

6. GREENHOUSE GASES
• ARE THE GASES THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE GREENHOUSE EFFECTS
BY ABSORBING INFRARED RADIATION.
• CARBON DIOXIDE AND CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS ARE EXAMPLES OF
GREENHOUSE GASES

7. GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSION
New Brunswick Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(2004)
Others
Nitrous oxide
3%
Methane
6%
Carbon dioxide
91%

8. CLIMATIC OBSERVATION
• TEMPERATURE- UP 0.7 DEGREES
• SNOW PACK- DOWN 25% (NORTH) AND 50% (SOUTH)
• SEA LEVEL RISE- UP 30 CM
• EXTREME STORM EVENTS- 5 TIMES AS FREQUENT

9. HOW CAN WE MANAGE CLIMATE CHANGE?
• EMISSION REDUCTION
• ADAPTATION,
• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

10. ADAPTATION
• ALREADY IMPACTING COMMUNITIES AND COMMERCE
• SEASONAL UNCERTAINTIES
• WATER CONCERNS
• HABITAT AND ECOSYSTEM CHANGES
• HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY
• RESOURCES INDUSTRY SECTORS IMPACTED

11. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• EDUCATION/ AWARENESS ABOUT THIS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

12. • Richer de Forges, S. (2014) Climate Change: A silent Threat.
Available from slideshare at
https://www.slideshare.net/sylvain_richer/climate-
changeasilentthreat-by-sylvain-richer-de-forges-227p?qid=e36e50b4-
6b77-4427-88b0-a0c84bb72986&v=&b=&from_search=1 (Accessed
03 September 2018).