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    Climate Change WSF IURMA

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    The document discusses how climate change is caused by greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels. It notes that global carbon dioxide emissions have increased 50% since the pre-industrial era and are causing issues like rising temperatures, droughts, and cyclones. It advocates reducing carbon emissions at their source rather than focusing on carbon sinks. The document proposes several strategies individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint, such as using local recycling, traditional skills, public transportation, and producing biodiesel, biofertilizer, and biogas from local resources to replace fossil fuels.

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    The document discusses how climate change is caused by greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels. It notes that global carbon dioxide emissions have increased 50% since the pre-industrial era and are causing issues like rising temperatures, droughts, and cyclones. It advocates reducing carbon emissions at their source rather than focusing on carbon sinks. The document proposes several strategies individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint, such as using local recycling, traditional skills, public transportation, and producing biodiesel, biofertilizer, and biogas from local resources to replace fossil fuels.

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    The document discusses how climate change is caused by greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels. It notes that global carbon dioxide emissions have increased 50% since the pre-industrial era and are causing issues like rising temperatures, droughts, and cyclones. It advocates reducing carbon emissions at their source rather than focusing on carbon sinks. The document proposes several strategies individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint, such as using local recycling, traditional skills, public transportation, and producing biodiesel, biofertilizer, and biogas from local resources to replace fossil fuels.

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    Climate Change WSF IURMA

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    The document discusses how climate change is caused by greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels. It notes that global carbon dioxide emissions have increased 50% since the pre-industrial era and are causing issues like rising temperatures, droughts, and cyclones. It advocates reducing carbon emissions at their source rather than focusing on carbon sinks. The document proposes several strategies individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint, such as using local recycling, traditional skills, public transportation, and producing biodiesel, biofertilizer, and biogas from local resources to replace fossil fuels.

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    Changing climate at home

    RANWA 2004
    Indian Urban Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

    Why climate change?


    Green House Gas (GHG) proportion in air is 50% higher than pre-industrial era Green house gases trap solar energy & warm the air cap around earth Thus, mean air temperature has risen by nearly 10C during the last 100 yrs Carbon emissions cause up to 80% of the Green House Gas effect Climate change has begun to cause hot & cold waves, droughts, cyclones, sea level rise, coastal submergence, UV radiation

    Carbon Source

    Carbon is mostly (80%) is emitted by fossil fuel (coal, petroleum, natural gas) burning, and much less by deforestation or farming Fossil fuels users are industries (50%) as electricity & transport (25%), farm electricity (10%) & house electricity (5%) Buying industrial products produced in other states/ countries is like harming children! USA emits 12 kg Carbon per head pear day, by consuming global goods, India emits 2 kg Chemical fertilizers also release carbon for industrial manufacture & in farm soil

    Carbon sinks

    Oceans are major carbon sinks Growing trees can daily absorb 100 g carbon, until they fall & rot However, so 1 Indian person needs NEW 20 trees to absorb emissions & 1 ha forest is needed for 4 people, but 20 people/ ha exist for grown up, non-absorbing forest Thus, it is wiser to cut carbon emissions at source rather than insignificant absorption

    Carbon Recycling

    Use local recycling,traditional skills (LRTS) Use non packaged (loose, non-industrial) items- water, salt,grain, vegetables, tooth & washing powders, medicines, oil, cloth Local (women) micro-enterprises do/ can prepare these herbal items, if trained Ask Government & farmers associations to avoid mad rush for cash crops (tea, sugar, cotton, soya) chemical fertilizers & electricity Minimize electricity use- TV, fridge, heater Dont get fooled by techno-commercial propaganda of safety, like Cola/ Pepsi

    Reduce, reuse, recycle or refuse


    Seeds 1000 kg/ha/ yr BioDiesel 250 kg/yr Carbon

    Green Citizen Practice (GCP):

    Pongam trees

    Seed cake 750 kg

    Diesel vehicle

    Reduced (unnecessary) trade & transport to 30% of present needs may be run on nonedible seed oil & weed/ herbal methanol for diesel engines, ethanol for petrol engines Biodiesel can also run rural lighting Biogas from kitchen waste avoids LPG use

    Local Biofuels

    Biodiesel 8 million t produced on 20 M ha degraded forests, 20 M ha avenues, wasted lands, farm bunds etc. @ 0.2 t/ ha can replace diesel for unavoidable purposes, out of present import of 40 M t Biofertiliser24 M t produced countrywide can avoid toxicity of chemical fertilisers, 8 M t produced from factories run by burning fossil fuels Kitchen vegetable waste, 0.5/ day can run family biogas unit, bought at Rs. 2,000/-

    Public, not private spirit

    Methanol 10 M t produced from weeds, leaf litter etc. from above land can also substitute diesel Ethanol 20 billion litre i.e. 1 M t produced from sugarcane can replace 10% petrol Re-construction of cities (housing near workplace) can cut transport 30% Good public transport can cut 30% emissions from private vehicles Unnecessary transport of elite products nationwide- fruits, ice creams, pizza, soft drinks, synthetic clothes etc. be avoided

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