环境保护、低碳生活以及可持续发展.ppt

Global Environmental Crisis Main Parts What is the global environmental crisis? Details Barry Commoner, a leading environmentalist, said World War II was a watershed(分水岭) for the environmental crisis. Because it was then that new technologies were introduced into the means of production and caused an imbalance between nature and society. Over the past several years, carbon emissions have greatly increased, as humanity discovered coal and factories and motor vehicles. Human population has also increased from one billion to almost six billion, and all these people want to live with refrigerators, televisions and motor vehicles with air conditioning. This puts tremendous pressure on governments all over the world to provide more and more electricity. Most electricity is produced by burning coal and other fossil fuels. What’s more, because of the destruction of the forest, we can no longer keep up with the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.? The main manifestations Air pollution Water shortages Global warming Two levels of glaciers melting, polar animals lose their chance of survival at the same time, will lead to rising sea levels, many coastal cities into the water did not exist in a few years later. Main Parts sustainable development Including : Kyoto protocol 《京都议定书》 It’s an international protocol meant to restrain greenhouse gas emissions. (1997) It’s a great effort human beings have made to improve their living conditions regarding both nature and society. low-carbon life Concept: low carbon means low energy and no waste. Want to have a green living, with low carbon future life, the state should travel a set of low carbon green reasonable management measures, such as trash classification(垃圾分类 ), product recycling(产品循环利用 ) etc, of course, more people need to observe the consciousness of corresponding regulations. 塑料袋环保时装秀 保定—中国十大低碳城市之一 2008年，世界自然基金会、国家建设部在中国推出两个“低碳城市”试点，一个是上海，另一个就是保定。 建设“低碳城市”，保定有着得天独厚的优势——拥有中国唯一的国家新能源与能源设备产业基地“中国电谷”。在市区，这两年最醒目的改变，莫