The state of our planet - Our responsibility
Man, Technology and Environment-
Over the years, time needs, growth, speed, and knowledge and of course scarcity and competition have created demand that necessitated man to build complex institution.The planet activities revolved around the following :
• Biosphere
• The techno sphere
• The ocean
and human is in between them- The first video show the genesis of the problem- deplition in ozone layer with cause by waste taht came out of technology might -
The next video is the powerof the people......under doctrine of togetherness
Environmental threat – issues/problems :
-Freshwater supply and quality both surface and groundwater assessment of watersheds
-Risk and threats to human health due to collapse of ecosystem health
-Pollution of the lower atmosphere due to combustion of fossil fuels and biomass burning
-Land/marine interaction (e.g., eutrophication)
-Environmental flashpoints/security; transboundary issues
-Nuclear waste issues Long-term and inter-annual climate change issues Habitat- loss and forest fragmentation
-Endangered species and link with food security and economic impacts -Sanitation and waste due to urbanization
-Crosscutting issues of urbanization; i.e., related to megacities
Quality of life (technologies to monitor, say, human health impacts from pollution in urban areas)
-Chemical and toxic substances
-Critical environmental zones; e.g., identification and early warning of problems like Aral Sea
Environmental impacts :
-The alteration and destruction of habitats and ecosystems;
-The effects of sewage on human health;
-Widespread and increasing eutrophication;
-The decline of living resources, such as fish stocks;
-Changes in sediment flows due to hydrological changes;
-The impacts of climate change, rising sea levels
We want to avoid environmenetal calamity - it is clear that our planet islinked togeher , when ozone layer deplete due to smoking , fisil driven cars , industry , we loose oxigen , and the fish got problem , the bacterial ca nbreed and everything get contaminated ijncluding our land -- even some places wetland is a big problem as all the aquifier are choked , the water cannot go down , a lot of waste find their ways into the sea,,,and this causing sea level to rise,,,,
High Probability and High-Impact Events:
• Loss of biodiversity
• Freshwater degradation
• Desertification and land degradation
• Deforestation and the unsustainable use of forests
• Marine environment
• Resource degradation
• Damages due to disasters (the following damages occur due to disasters):
• Loss of life, injury
• Destruction of property, resources and heritage
• Disruption of supplies and services
• Cultural loss
• Environmental damages:
• Loss of biodiversity
• Depletion of natural resource bases
• Increased greenhouse gas emissions
• Constraints on meeting basic human needs of adequate food, safe drinking water, energy, health and security
High Probability and Slow-Impact Events
• Global climate change
• Stratospheric ozone depletion
• Persistent organic pollutants
High Probability and High-Impact Events
• Most of the environmental problems falling into this category come through the cumulative effects arise from a large number of small human activities in a given region or from disturbance in the environment from a single repeated activity. Hence, a long-term observing system and trend analysis needs to be carried out for identification of emerging issues.
Cause of global climate change :
Stratospheric ozone depletion
Loss of biodiversity
Freshwater degradation
Desertification and land degradation
Deforestation and the unsustainable use of forests
Marine environment and resource degradation
Persistent organic
pollutants what can we do avert save ourselves and our future and the next one is animatio show flooding that could result from climate change
Then we have the threat to the ocean and her resourses :
The challenge
-Regulations buildup -Environmental agencies need to play a leading operational role in this type of long-term early warning of significant environmental problems which could result in environmental disasters or potential conflicts requiring international action.we will see a lot new regulations in future we just ghave to cooperate and be patience, but if we are able reduce the waste of course we get less of them . Environmental agencies need to play a leading operational role in this type of long-term early warning of significant environmental problems which could result in environmental disasters or potential conflicts requiring international action.
–management options- we must make we all percipate in decision reguarding our environmeent
- Environmental technology - may be of us can stat looking to invest in this area...
Thrust area for environmental agencies :
-Foster communication between different groups so people could talk intelligently
-Develop infrastructure of network, ideas, people, and tools
-Revitalize and expand the international freshwater monitoring programmed -Water Enhance public education and information about the priority issue of water
-Develop integrated framework for information for linking physical and social system Identify new conventions and support existing international conventions
-Develop methodologies for assessing carbon stock; issues connected to carbon policing Direct implementation synthesizing, integrating data from multiple sources establishing international standards international assessments -Galvanize the scientific community set up panel's)/collaborating scientists use existing scientific bodies and research centers use global observing systems develop better links to scientific associations
Tap on informal sources of information related to early warning
LEGAL INSTRUMENTS AND REGULATION CLUSTER-
-(Oil Spills Protocol) Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol) Protocol Concerning Pollution from -Land-based Sources and Activities
-Agenda 21-UN agency get serious on water problem and environmental sustainability Chapter 17 of Agenda 21 stresses the need for the -protection of the oceans, all kinds of seas, including enclosed and semi-enclosed seas, and coastal areas, as well as the protection, rational use and development of their living resources. The chapter covers the following programme areas:
-Global immersion The integrated management and sustainable development of coastal areas, including exclusive economic zones;
Marine environmental protection;
-The sustainable use and conservation of living marine resources of the high seas;
-The sustainable use and conservation of living marine resources under national jurisdiction;
-The addressing of critical uncertainties for the management of the marine environment and climate change; The strengthening of regional and international cooperation and coordination;
-The sustainable development of small islands
Sharing of sensitive data among countries is a growing problem
-Human capacity; i.e., ability to deal with issues at the ground level is a serious challenge
-Addressing emerging environmental threats rather than the implementation of operational systems as other enviroenmenet agencies have operational responsibility
-Rapid spread of Internet as a tool for information compilation, discussion, and dissemination
-Better climate forecasting models
because of need for urgency the f ollowing the Principle 15 of the 1992 UN conference on the Environment & Development in Rio de Janerio , the UN ambassador put definition of sustainability this way.
“In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by states according to their capabilities. Where there is threat of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost effective measures to prevent environmental degradation".
Environemental issue a blessing to all of us ....it is a natural of calling us to work together.....and in togetherness we can make earth a beter place --
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