This report describes the challenges we face to save our planet Earth. Let’s Save the Planet shows that the steps we need to take in the short-term are relatively modest, and well within our grasp.This Clean Revolution report shows that this leadership can come from all corners of the planet and through inspired and dedicated efforts New Business opportunities can be created.
Does Our Planet Need Saving ?
The average temperature on Earth has already increased by approximately 1°C and continuing so we will breach the threshold beyond which a 2°C increase will become unavoidable by 2020.If we are unable to cap the temperature rise to 2°C, we will – and so will future generations – eventually be left with a skeletal planet, stripped of its capability to sustain the human race and millions of other species.
- In EUROPE this will lead to increased risk of inland flash floods and more frequent coastal flooding and increased erosion (due to storminess and sea level rise). Mountainous areas will face glacier retreat, reduced snow cover and winter tourism, and extensive species losses (in some areas up to 60% under high emissions scenarios by 2080).
- In LATIN AMERICA, by mid-century, decreases in soil water are projected to lead to gradual replacement of tropical forest by savanna in eastern Amazonia. Semi-arid vegetation will tend to be replaced by arid-land vegetation.
- In ASIA, by the 2050s, freshwater availability in Central, South, East and South-East Asia,particularly in large river basins, is projected to decrease.Coastal areas, especially heavily populated Mega-delta regions in South, East and South-East Asia, will be at greatest risk due to increased flooding from the sea and,in some mega deltas, flooding from the rivers.
- In NORTH AMERICA,warming in western mountains is projected to cause decreased snow-pack, more winter flooding and reduced summer flows, exacerbating competition for over allocated water resources.Cities that currently experience heat waves are expected to be further challenged by an increased number, intensity and duration of heat waves during the course of the century, with potential for adverse health impacts.
- In AFRICA,By 2020, yields from rain-fed agriculture could be reduced by up to 50%. Agricultural production, including access to food, in many African countries is projected to be severely compromised. This would further adversely affect food security and exacerbate malnutrition.
The Energy Resources of the WORLD
Image - http://www.greenpeace.org
What Can be Done ?
- Modern renewable energy has over one million GW of estimated potential power capacity.A report by The Climate Group estimates that, by 2050, emission savings from wind technologies would increase to 2.14 GtCO (4.5 per cent of overall energy-related emissions reduction or about 12 per cent of emissions savings in power sector).
-The solar thermal sector currently employs more than 600,000 people worldwide. The report pegs solar’s potential at approximately one million jobs by 2050. Wind’s employment generation potential is pegged an additional 2.2 million by 2020. The EWEA estimates that in Europe alone every additional MW of wind installed created 14.33 jobs.
-Energy efficiency improvements are applicable to almost all sectors – from industry to transport. In India, privatization of one Delhi utility has led to a reduction of distribution losses from 53 per cent to 15 per cent, leading to savings of more than USD 1.1 billion in 2011-12. This was made possible by investments in grid infrastructure, electronic monitoring systems, a computerized management system, and engaging citizens to reduce power theft.
-The Climate Group,a Civil Society Initiative, has been working hard to achieve a “Clean Revolution”. A revolution which includes cutting emissions by two thirds by 2050 in a way that protects our livelihoods, creates jobs and supports economic growth around the globe. Since 2004, the Group has been working with governments, business leaders and the world's most influential individuals to push for the policies, technologies and investment needed to make the Clean Revolution commercially viable.
In Conclusion
“As more and more people understand what's at stake, they become a part of the
solution, and share both in the challenges and opportunities presented by the
climate crises.”
Al Gore, former US Vice President and author of An Inconvenient Truth
Sources -
http://www.thecleanrevolution.org/
http://www.suzlon.com/images/investor_annual_result/Shall%20we%20save%20the%20planet_A5_Final_11-01-2012_.pdf
4 comments:
Absolutely True... AS the saying goes..
"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."
IF WE ARE NOT A PART OF THE SOLUTION, WE ARE A PART OF THE PROBLEM.
The climate is changing everywhere (even is noticed in my own country) and all for the pollutions and ozone hole.
More solar / wind power and less petroleum is a must or the weather will be worst in next years, isn’t easy, the worldwide economy doesn’t help...
All the best,
Gera
Let's Go green, plant trees.
Well said but lets be frank . Unless we control our burgeoning population, its ever increasing demands thereby allowing a contingent of multifarious productive industrial units pouring tones of pollutants into our air , water and land resources , the concept of clean revolution will be limited to discussion and deliberations only. Let action be started at individual level...There is hope in that...
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Promote Sustainability,as its the way for reviving our Mother Earth !