climate change perspectives from the north

Climate Change perspectives from the North

Sea Ice

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1979

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1979 - 1999average

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2004

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2005

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2006

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2007

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2008

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2009

Winter Sea IceTrends

take home messages

Arctic sea ice- is melting- is melting fast- will impact the globe

Atmosphere

Global Mean Temperature

data source: NASA Goddard Institute

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Global Mean Temperature

data source: NASA Goddard Institute

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130 year trend+0.06 °C / decade

Global Mean Temperature

data source: NASA Goddard Institute

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50 year trend+0.15 °C / decade

Global Mean Temperature

data source: NASA Goddard Institute

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20 year trend+0.20 °C / decade

Ocean 85%

Atmosphere3%

Soil 4%

Ice 8%

New EnergyStorage

take home messages

Climate change- is here- is significant- more change is expected

What is thecause of climate change?

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Carbon Dioxide Modern Data

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take home messages

Climate change- is caused by the burning

of fossil fuels

- we are all responsible

- we need to shift the energy economy

Energy Economy

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Rough Energy Statistics

Global Mix

35%

30%

20%

5%

10%

Oil

Coal

Natural Gas

Nuclear

Renewables

Cost/ kWh

$.05

$.04

$.04

$.10 - .20

$.04 - .06

$.08

$.30

Oil (Bitumen)

Coal

Natural Gas

Nuclear

Hydro

Wind

Solar (PV)

+$50CO2 Tax

$.06 ($.07)

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$.05

$.10 - .20

$.04 - .06

$.08

$.30

Global GHG emissions by sector source: World Resource Institute CAITsource: from 2000 including land use (CO2eq)

sector end use gas

source: Stats Canada

Canadian Emissions

take home messages

Energy economy- cost of fossil fuels is

rising

- emissions are rising

- we need to shift the energy economy

Moving forward

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