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The Climate Change Impacts in Riau Province

Assalamualaikum wr.wb,

First of all, Id like to thank to Allah who has given us bless and health tobe here. Shalawat and salam we present to our prophet Muhammad SAW.

The honorable udges, the parti!ipants of this !ontest, and all theaudien!es,

Allow me to e"press m# gratitude for giving me !han!e to give m# spee!hin front of #o on the sube!t, $T%& '(IMAT& '%A)*& IM+A'TS I) IA-+/I)'&.0

(adies and gentlemen,Are we aware that in re!ent #ears there are more natural disasters, su!h

as 1ood, tornado, the melting of i!e in Ar!ti! and Antar!ti!, in!rease in sea

surfa!e, et!2 r ust take a look to our !it#. %T, that3s what we all feel the lastfew da#s in +ekanbaru. This is dire!tl# related to global issues that latel#dis!ussed b# the world !ommunit# of 'limate 'hange and *lobal Warming.A!tuall#, what is global warming and what is !limate !hange2

Well audien!es,*lobal warming is the average temperature in!reasing of &arth3s surfa!e

due to in!rease in the number of *reenhouse *as emissions 4*%*5 in theatmosphere. It !auses !hanges in other !limate elements, su!h as rising o!eantemperatures, in!reased evaporation in the air, and the !hanging pattern ofrainfall that !hanged the world !limate patterns. This event be!ame known as'limate 'hange.

(adies and *entlemen,The !auses of !limate !hange !an be divided into two !ategories 6 those

that are due to natural !auses, for e"ample !ontinental drift, vol!anoes, o!ean!urrents, et! and those that are !reated b# man. )atural resour!es are beingused b# people e"tensivel# for !onstru!tion, industries, transport, and!onsumption. 'onsumerism has in!reased b# leaps and bounds, !reatingmountains of waste. All this has !ontributed to a rise in greenhouse gases in theatmosphere and resulted in !limate !hange.

The honorable udges and the audien!es,

'limate !hange has so man# negative e7e!ts in worldwide. In iau itself,there are so man# impa!ts that have o!!urred.8. The maor problem. iau provin!e appro"imatel# !omprises 98: peat lands

whi!h is potentiall# has high !arbon reserve. The peat has opened around 8;9thousand he!tare per #ear due to e!onomi! a!tivit#.

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'elsius. This is be#ond the a!!eptable limit, sin!e the in!reased airtemperature in the world average of around 8 degree 'elsius.

;. &ver# #ear region that e"perien!ed severe 1ooding in iau has beenin!reasingl# widespread and more freCuent, in!luding the !it# of +ekanbaru.

This 1ooding problem until now has not been able to signiB!antl# over!ome.D. iau people are parti!ularl# vulnerable be!ause the# have limited !apa!it# to

adapt, as well as their life depends on the resour!es that easil# in1uen!ed b#!limate, su!h as water and food supplies. The# will be more sus!eptible todiarrhea, malnutrition, and the !hange in distribution pattern of diseases thatare transmitted through a variet# of inse!ts and animals.

The audien!es,*overnor of iau on the 89th 'onferen!e of the +arties in 'openhagen

e"plained the plan and steps taken for amendment !limate problems, Brst, theforming of the iau 'limate 'hange 'enter, se!ond, making biosphere reserveand resear!h !enter of the peat in