World Environment Day,2014

1. sS
PRESENTATION BY :
Mukesh Kumar,SDFO
Chakrata Forest Division,
Chakrata (Uttarakhand)
INDIA.

2. WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2014

3. Dealt with :
• World Environment Day (WED)
• WED: Earth Anthem
• WED Theme, 2014 :
Small Islands and Climate Change
• Campaigns
• SEA LEVEL RISE
• MELTING GLACIER
• GREEN HOUSE
• GREEN TECHNOLOGIES
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• Source : google.com

4. World Environment Day (WED)
Official name : UN World Environment Day
Also called Eco Day / Environment Day/
WED
Type : Global
Date : June 5
Frequency : annual

5. World Environment Day
• World Environment Day ('WED') is
celebrated every year on June 5 to raise
global awareness to take positive
environmental action.
• To protect nature and the planet Earth.
It is run by the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP).

6. World Environment Day
• WED was established by the United Nations
General Assembly in 1972 on the day
that United Nations Conference on the Human
Environment began.
• The first World Environment Day was
celebrated in 1973.
• Since then it is hosted every year by a
different city with a different theme.

7. World Environment Day
• World Environment Day falls in
spring in the Northern
Hemisphere and fall in
the Southern Hemisphere,
and midsummer in
the Tropical regions.

8. World Environment Day
• 1972, It was the first occasion on which the political,
social and economic problems of the global
environment were discussed at an intergovernmental
forum with a view to actually taking corrective
action.
• The first World Environment Day was celebrated in
1973.
• Since then it is hosted every year by a different city
with a different theme.

9. WED: Earth Anthem

10. WED: Earth Anthem
• "Earth Anthem" by poet-diplomat Abhay K was
launched in June 2013 on the occasion of the
World Environment Day by Kapil Sibal and Shashi
Tharoor, Union Ministers of India at a function
organized by the Indian Council of Cultural
Relations in New Delhi.
• It is in eight languages including all official
languages of the United Nations viz. Arabic,
Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish.
• The other two languages are Hindi and Nepali.

12. WED: Earth Anthem
• Our cosmic oasis, cosmic blue pearl
the most beautiful planet in the universe
all the continents and the oceans of the world
united we stand as flora and fauna
united we stand as species of one earth
black, brown, white, different colours
we are humans, the earth is our home.
Our cosmic oasis, cosmic blue pearl
the most beautiful planet in the universe
all the people and the nations of the world
all for one and one for all
united we unfurl the blue marble flag
black, brown, white, different colours
we are humans, the earth is our home.
• ( Earth Anthem Lyricist Abhay K, Music composer Sapan Ghimire and
singer Shreya Sotang)

14. WED Theme, 2014
Small Islands and Climate
Change

15. WED Theme, 2014
• The 2014 theme for world Environment Day:
'Small Islands and Climate Change’.
• The official slogan for the year 2014:
'Raise Your Voice , Not The Sea Level’.
• This is in support of the UN's designation of 2014
as the International Year of Small Island
Developing States (SIDS).

18. WED:SIDS as its Theme
• The objectives are to help build momentum
towards the Third International Conference on
SIDS in September 2014 and encourage a
greater understanding of the importance of
SIDS and of the urgency to help protect the
islands in the face of growing risks and
vulnerabilities, particularly as a result of
climate change.

19. Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
• These are low-lying coastal countries that tend
to share similar sustainable
development challenges, including small but
growing populations, limited resources,
remoteness, susceptibility tonatural disasters,
vulnerability to external shocks, excessive
dependence on international trade, and
fragile environments.

20. Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
• Their growth and development is held back
by high communication, energy and
transportation costs, irregular international
transport volumes, disproportionately
expensive public administration and
infrastructure due to their small size, and little
to no opportunity to create economies of
scale.

21. Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
• The SIDS were first recognized as a distinct group
of developing countries at the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development in
June 1992.
• The Barbados Programme of Action was
produced in 1994 to assist the SIDS in their
sustainable development efforts.
• The United Nations Office of the High
Representative for the Least Developed
Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and
Small Island Developing States represents this
group of states.

22. Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
• Many SIDS now recognise the need to move
towards low-carbon, climate resilient economies,
as set out in the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) implementation plan for climate
change-resilient development.
• SIDS often rely heavily on imported fossil fuels,
spending an ever-larger proportion of their GDP
on energy imports.
• Renewable technologies have the advantage of
providing energy at a lower cost than fossil fuels
and making SIDS more sustainable.

23. List of SIDS
• Currently, the United Nations
Department of Economic and Social
Affairs lists 52 small island developing
states. These are broken down into three
geographic regions:(1) theCaribbean;
(2) the Pacific; and (3) Africa, Indian
Ocean, Mediterranean and South China
Sea (AIMS)

24. LIST OF SIDS

25. LIST OF SIDS

26. LIST OF SIDS

27. LIST OF SIDS

28. LIST OF SIDS

29. Map showing SIDS

30. Year, WED Theme & Host City

31. Year, WED Theme & Host City

32. Year, WED Theme & Host City

33. Year, WED Theme & Host City

34. Campaigns

35. Media campaigns
• NDTV launched "Greenathon" Campaign in the
year 2008 and served as India’s first ever-
nationwide campaign to save the environment
• Zee News launched 'My Earth, My Duty’
campaign. This campaign has entered the Limca
Book of Records for a novel effort: for planting
more than 73 lakh (7,300,000) trees in one single
day across 34 cities and 2.5 lakh (250,000)
villages on 25 August 2010.

36. Children's efforts
• In 2012, Project Earth, an Online Eco Platform
teamed up with Rio+20 and Launched ' World
Environment Day Global School Contest 2012 '
to promote awareness among today's youth.
• Every country had a winner.
• Project GreenOman,The winner from Oman,
was an Eco organization founded by Hridith
Sudev and is a full fledged kid's Eco
Organization now.

37. Events associated with WED
• Eco Action Day:
• It is celebrated since 2007 in
Singapore to inspire
individuals to reduce energy
use at the workplace.

38. SEA LEVEL RISE

39. REASONS OF SEA LEVEL RISE
• GLOBAL WARMING :a gradual increase in the
overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere
generally attributed to the greenhouse effect
caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide,
CFCs, and other pollutants.
• Another term for "global warming" is "climate
change."

40. Reasons of sea level rise
• There are two main causes of sea level rise:
• 1. As air temperatures rise (due to climate
change) the water in the oceans is warmed
and expands. This process is called thermal
expansion.
• 2. As ice sheets and glaciers melt, they
increase the amount of water in the oceans.

41. Current sea level rise
• Current sea level rise is about 3 mm/year worldwide.
• According to the US National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration(NOAA), "this is a
significantly larger rate than the sea-level rise
averaged over the last several thousand years",
and the rate may be increasing. Sea level rises can
considerably influence human populations in
coastal and island regions and natural
environments like marine ecosystems.

45. MELTING GLACIER

46. MELTING GAUMUKH GLACIER

47. MELTING GAUMUKH GLACIER

48. GREEN HOUSE

49. GREEN HOUSE
• A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse) is a
building or complex in which plants are grown.
• The structures range in size from small sheds
to industrial-sized buildings. A miniature
greenhouse is known as a cold frame.
• Commercial glass greenhouses are often high
tech production facilities for vegetables or
flowers.

50. GREEN HOUSE
• May be glass greenhouses or plastic greenhouses.
• The glass greenhouses are filled with equipment
like screening installations, heating, cooling,
lighting and also may be automatically controlled
by a computer to maximize potential growth.
• Plastics mostly used are polyethylene film and
multiwall sheets of polycarbonate material, or
PMMA acrylic glass.

51. GREEN HOUSE
• Greenhouse ventilation
• Greenhouse heating
• Greenhouse carbon dioxide enrichment

55. Greenhouse gases
• Greenhouse gases are those that can absorb and emit infrared
radiation,but not radiation in or near the visible spectrum. In order,
the most abundant greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are:
• Water vapor (H2O)
• Carbon dioxide (CO 2)
• Methane (CH 4)
• Nitrous oxide (N 2O)
• Ozone (O 3)
• CFCs

56. Greenhouse gases
• By their percentage contribution to the greenhouse
effect on Earth the four major gases are:
• water vapor, 36–70%
• carbon dioxide, 9–26%
• methane, 4–9%
• ozone, 3–7%
• The major non-gas contributor to the Earth's
greenhouse effect, clouds, also absorb and emit
infrared radiation and thus have an effect on radiative
properties of the atmosphere.

57. Non-greenhouse gases
• The major atmospheric constituents:
• nitrogen (N2)
oxygen (O) and
argon (Ar),
• are non- greenhouse gases.

58. Causes of Greenhouse gases
•Sun’s energy passes through
atmosphere:
•26% is reflected or scattered.
•19% absorbed by clouds, gases, and particles.
•4% reflected to space by surface.
•51% reaches the surface.

59. Causes of Greenhouse gases
•Greenhouse gases increase through human activity :
•Deforestation and agriculture
•Burning of fossil fuels, gasoline, oil
•Burning of wood and coal
•Burning of organic matter
•CFC’s
•Population Growth
•Use of fertilizers
•Industries

60. Effects of Greenhouse gases
•Heating of the ground
•Melting of ice and snow
•Evaporation of water
•Plant photosynthesis

61. Effects of Greenhouse gases
•Climate changes
•Melting of polar ice caps
•Increase in sea level
•Flooding in coastal areas
•Ocean Acidification
•Rise in tides

62. Effects of Greenhouse gases
•Changes in flora and fauna
•Species becoming
endangered/extinct
•Heavy drought
•Spread of disease
•Change in weather patterns

63. Measures to Minimisse Greenhouse Gases
• GREEN/ECO-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY.
• ALTERNATE/RENEWABLE ENERGY.
• PROPER DISPOSAL OF WASTE MATERIAL
• LAND-USE CHANGE.
• CARBON-SINK.
• AFFORESTATION.
• CONSERVATION OF FORESTS.

64. GREEN TECHNOLOGIES

66. INSPIRING GREEN TECHNOLOGY

67. INSPIRING GREEN TECHNOLOGY

68. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC)

69. The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC)
• The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) was established
by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and the United
Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) in 1988.

70. Objective Of IPCC
• The main objective of IPCC was to
assess scientific, technical and socio-
economic information relevant to
the understanding of human induced
climate change, potential impacts of
climate change and options for
mitigation and adaptation.

71. The IPCC Working Groups
• The IPCC has three working groups and a task force.
• Working Group I (WG I) : The science of climate change
• Working Group II (WG II) : Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
• Working Group III (WG III) : Mitigation of climate change
• Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI)

72. Task Force on National Greenhouse
Gas Inventories (TFI)
• The TFI was established by the IPCC, at its 14th session
(October 1998), to oversee the IPCC National Greenhouse
Gas Inventories Programme (IPCC-NGGIP).
• This programme had been undertaken since 1991 by the IPCC
WG I in close collaboration with the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the
International Energy Agency (IEA).
• In 1999, the Technical Support Unit (TSU) set up at
the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in
Japan took over this programme in accordance with a decision
taken by the IPCC at its 14th session.

73. Objective Of TFI
• The objectives of the TFI are:
• to develop and refine an internationally-agreed
methodology and software for the calculation
and reporting of national GHG emissions and
removals; and
• to encourage the widespread use of this
methodology by countries participating in the
IPCC and by signatories of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC).

74. IPCC Reports
• The IPCC has completed four
assessment reports, developed
methodology guidelines for
national greenhouse gas
inventories, special reports and
technical papers.

75. IPCC Reports
• Wetlands Supplement New!
• The 2013 Supplement to the 2006
IPCC Guidelines for National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories:
– Wetlands (Wetlands Supplement) was
adopted/accepted by the IPCC
Plenary at its 37th session (IPCC 37) in
Batumi, Georgia, 14-18 October 2013,
and was published on 28 February
2014.

76. IPCC Reports
• Kyoto Protocol Supplement New !
• The 2013 Revised Supplementary Methods
and Good Practice Guidance Arising from the
Kyoto Protocol (KP Supplement):
• was adopted/accepted by the IPCC Plenary at
its 37th session (IPCC 37) in Batumi, Georgia,
14-18 October 2013, and was published on 28
February 2014.

77. GREEN HOUSE GASES : IPCC Reports

78. GREEN HOUSE GASES : IPCC Reports

79. Future Meetings of IPCC
• Expert Meeting on Application of 2006 IPCC
Guidelines to Other Areas, 1 - 3 July 2014,
Sofia, Bulgaria.
• Expert Meeting on Systematic Assessment of
TFI Products, 25 - 27 August 2014, To be
determined.