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Introduction-

-Todays Global environmental problem.

- Oil crises and impact on business.-Water resources and review with businessactivity

- Pollutions-Share the equal responsibility of industries by

society.

Unit-VIEnvironmental Issues related to

Business


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-The global avg. air temp. near earth surface

near the earth surface 0.74 0.18 degree

Celsiusin 100 years.

- IPCC concludes most of the observe

temperature is due to anthropogenic green housegas emissions.

- Projections reported that, temperature rise

further 1.1-6.4 degree Celsius21stcentury.


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Green House Effect-- Sun rays travel through a GHGs warm the air inside which

acts as a barrier to escape the heat.


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-Glass in atmosphere.

- Jean Babe Peptidase, French Scientist discover theconcept of green house gas.

- Clouds, water vapours and green house gaseslike carbon dioxode, methane, nitrous oxide and

ozone allow the solar radiation to pass throughbut serve as a barrier to outgoing infraredradiation.

- Carbon dioxide concentration in atmosphere have

increased by about 35%.- Doubling of the carbon dioxide concentration by

around 2050.


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Green House gas emission-

- GHG emissions are increased by 25-

90% by 2030.


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- Fossil fuel production rise during 20thCentury.

- Petroleum responsible for 42%carbon emission.

- Coal 36% carbon emission.

- 5% population of USA emits onequarter of carbon dioxide emission.


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-Increase in global carbon dioxide emissions about 27%between 1990 and 2004.

- Coal and Oil are major contributor of global warming.


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Effects of Climate Change-

-Loss of land area beaches and wet

lands,-rise in sea level,

-loss of bio-diversity,

- Loss of agricultural out-put,

- Disruption of weather pattern,

- Melting of polar ice caps,

- Frequencies of natural disaster hasbeen increased.


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C A S E S T U D YPacific island disappear as ocean rise.

Veu Lesa,73 year old villager in Pacefic islandnation of Tuvalu tells the story of sea rising. Asthe crop feed his feed him is poisoned by salty

soil. The beaches are no more and it also threatsto the village settlements.

Source- Harris and roach,2004.

Gangotri is shrinking 23 meter every year.

Himalayan glacier Gangotri is shrinking by 23meter per year due to global warmingSource- The Times of India, 19thMarch,2005.


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Policy responses to climate Change-

Preventive measures-

- Reducing emissions of green house gases.-Enhancing carbon sinks.

- Carbon credit.

Adaptive measures-- Construction of dykes and seawells to protect

against rising sea level.

- Shifting agricultural pattern.

- Adapt with climate changes.


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*India Govt. approach for Climate Change*

1. Enabling access to clean energy.

2. Mitigate GHG emissions.

3. Adaptation to climate change-

Current government expenditure to adapt

variability exceeds 2% of the GDP.

Source- Green Energy, 2008


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- UN Framework Convection of Climate

Change. (UNFCC)

- More than160 nation adapt thisconvection in 1992.

- Initial failure of UNFCC need to

develop Kyoto Protocol in 1997.

- Kyoto Protocol establish CleanDevelopment Mechanism (CDM).


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Under article 3.1 Annex-I Parties agrees to reduce the

GHG emission by 2008 & 2012.

Example US agrees to 7% reduction, France 8%, Japan

6%.

Overall goal is 5% reduction by all participated countries.

Economy is collapse because of the declining GHG

emissions. For example Australia, Eurpian Countries.

Canada agree to reducing the Green House Gas emission

by 3% but emission is increased by 27%.


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Kyoto Protocol & Indiasparticipation

India stated to commit the 10% GHGreduction.

India have reduces emission of 6%carbon related to energy sector.

Referance- Pandey D.N.,2004.


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