Environmental Crisis and Sustainable Development

ENVIRONMENTAL
and sustainable
Crisis
development
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What is ENVIRONMENTAL
CRISIS ?
CRISIS ?
- A term used to describe the sum of the environmental
issues we are facing today.
CRISIS ?
- A term used to describe the sum of the environmental
issues we are facing today.
- The greenhouse effect and global warming, the hole in

the ozone layer, acid rain and tropical forest clearance are
contemporary environmental concerns.
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The world’s leading
environmental Problems
problems
ee world’s
world’s leading
leading environmental
problems
1. Deforestation in Africa
The major environmental problems of the African Continent
are the wide scale felling of trees and the resulting declines in
forest areas.
ee world’s
world’s leading
problems
ee world’s
world’s leading
problems
ia 2. Water pollution in India

A major environmental problem in India is water pollution. Untreated
sewage is the main cause of water pollution in India.
ee world’s
world’s leading
problems
e 3. Air pollution in Malaysia

In many countries in the Southeast Asia region, air pollution
has been an ongoing problem and Malaysia is one of the
worst affected.
ee world’s
world’s leading
problems
4. Improper waste disposal in the

apore
Philippines
Improper waste disposal is one of the biggest environmental issues
here in the Philippines. It caused bigger problems that affect not
only the environment but also the health and life of the people.
ee world’s
world’s leading
problems
5. Overpopulation in Singapore
There are a variety of human reasons why Singapore is densely
populated.
ee world’s
world’s leading
problems
6. Biodiversity loss in united

kingdom
The State of Nature 2016 report shows that over half (56%) of the
UK’s wild species have declined in the past 50 years and continue to do
so and that more than one in ten species face extinction.
Simple ways to avoid environmental
f
crisis/issues
crisis/issues
1. Increase forest cover, restore sea grasses and boost use of
agricultural cover crops to reduce the amount of CO2 in
atmosphere.
crisis/issues
atmosphere.
2. Replace disposable items with reusable
crisis/issues
atmosphere.
3. Recycle
y
crisis/issues
atmosphere.
3. Recycle
4. Conserve water and electricity
MAN-MADE
POLLUTION
MAN-MADE
POLLUTION
MAN-MADE
POLLUTION
-Man-made pollutants can threaten human
health and compromise the natural
ecosystem and environment. Man-made
pollution is generally a byproduct of
human actions such as consumption, waste
disposal, industrial production,
transportation and energy generation.
Types of MAN-MADE
POLLUTION
1. Air Pollution
2.Water Pollution
3.Soil Pollution
4.Radioactive Pollution
exampleof MAN-MADE
POLLUTION
Waste coming out of coal, copper and gold mines flowing out into
the rivers and oceans is destroying the sea life.
The biggest copper mine in Malanjkhand in India discharges high

levels of toxic heavy metals into the water streams.
In China, the tailings from the operations of the Shanxi Maanqiao

Ecological Ltd., producing 12,000 tons of gold per year, have
caused pollution and safety problems.
Climate Change
Climate Change
of
It is a long-term change in the average weather patterns that

have come to define Earth’s local, regional and global climates.
These changes have a broad range observed effects that are
synonymous with the term.
Example Climate
of Change
• Mid-Atlantic Cities Break All-Time
Snowfall Records
The year got off to a snowy start in the
eastern U.S., with record-breaking storms
along the Mid-Atlantic coast. The
Nor’easter that struck in the first week of
February — which quickly became known as
“Snowmageddon” – dumped so much snow
that it helped Baltimore, Wilmington,
Philadelphia, Atlantic City and Washington
break all-time records for winter snow
totals.
The Greenhouse Effect
-Responsible for recurring heat waves and long droughts in certain
places.
-In California, they experienced water shortage in 1,200 years.
-Glaciers are melting every year since 2002, with Antarctica losing
134 billion metric of ice.
Global warming
Global
f warming
• It is the long-term heating of
Earth’s climate system observed
since the pre-industrial
period(between 1850 and 1900) due
to human activities, primarily fossil
fuel burning, which increases heat-
trapping greenhouse gas levels in
Earth’s atmosphere.
Example Global
of warming
• Amazon Wildfires
According to the Global Fire Emissions
Database project run by NASA, fires in the
Amazon in 2020 surpassed those of 2019.
In fact, 2020’s fires have been the worst
since at least 2012, when the satellite was
first operated. The number of fires burning
the Brazilian Amazon increased 28 per cent
in July 2020 over the previous year, and the
fires in the first week of September are
double those in 2019, according to INPE,
Brazil’s national research space agency.
ngHow You CanGlobal
ng Stop warming
1. Speak Up!
2. Power your home with renewable energy.
3. Invest in energy-efficient appliances.
4. Reduce water waste.
5. Actually eat the food you buy and make less of it meat.
6. Buy better bulbs.
7. Pull the plugs.
8. Drive a fuel-efficient vehicle.
Combating
Global warming
Combating
Combating
Global warming
Combating
1997, 192 countries signed the Kyoto Protocol to reduce
greenhouse gases.
US didn’t join the effort.
Combating
Global warming
Combating
1997, 192 countries signed the Kyoto Protocol to reduce
greenhouse gases.
US didn’t join the effort.
December 2015, Paris Accord (195 countries)

sustainable development
sustainable development
• It is the idea that human societies must live and meet their
needs without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own need.
• There seems to be widespread agreement that solving global
problems means the adoption of policies and program that
lead to sustainable development.
Conclusion

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ENVIRONMENTAL

- The greenhouse effect and global warming, the hole in

ia 2. Water pollution in India

e 3. Air pollution in Malaysia

4. Improper waste disposal in the

6. Biodiversity loss in united

The biggest copper mine in Malanjkhand in India discharges high

In China, the tailings from the operations of the Shanxi Maanqiao

It is a long-term change in the average weather patterns that

-In California, they experienced water shortage in 1,200 years.

December 2015, Paris Accord (195 countries)

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