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CLIMATECHANGE (SOIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE (BUT SOIL TODAY IS DEGRADED LARGELY…
CLIMATECHANGE
SOIL AND CLIMATE CHANGE
FOR LONG THE IMPORTANCE OF SOIL HAS BEEN IGNORED IN CONTEXT OF TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE
POLICIES ARE MAINLY FOCUSED ON REDUCING GHG EMISSION FROM ELECTRICITY , TRANSPORT AND INDUSTRIES
BUT SOIL TOO HOLDS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE GLOBAL WARMING
SIGNIFICANT CARBON POOL: ON EARTH
OCEAN > EARTH CRUST(SOIL: 2ND LARGEST CARBON POOL)> ATMOSPHERE> LAND BASED ECOSYSTEM (LIKE PERMAFROST)
SOIL IS LAREST TERRESTIAL CARBON SEQUESTER SOURCE IN FORM OF ORGANIC CARBON
SOIL HAS POTENTIAL TO SEQUESTER CARBON EMITTED FROM FOSSIL FUEL BY 15 % ANUALLY
BUT SOIL TODAY IS DEGRADED LARGELY DUE TO LAND USES
70% OF SEQUESTERED CARBON IS IN FIRST 1 METER OF TOP LAYER OF SOIL
UNSUSTAINABLE AGRICUTURE AND FOREST CUTTING
FOREST FIRES,
NITROGEN DIPOSITION : FERTILIZZER OVERUSE KILLS HUMUS
AND OTHER HUMAN ACTIVITIES
GREATEST FEAR IS ONCE PERMAFROST IS MELTED IT WILL LEAD TO MASSIVE RELEASE OF CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE
SOULTION: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTISES
TO IMPROVE SOIL QUALITY AND THUS FURTHER LOWERING GHG
ZERO TILLAGE
ORGANIC FARMING
AGROFORESTRY
PLANTING PERENIAL CROPS
IMPROVEMNET OF SOIL HEALTH:
CAN IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL YIELD, FOOD SECURITY, WATER QUALITY , BIODIVERSITY
ABILITY OF SOIL TO SEQUESTER CARBON IS WIN-WIN STRATEGY FOR:
PEOPLE+ FARMER+ CLIMATE CHANGE
PARIS TARGET WOULD NOT BE MEET
A BRITISH JOURNEL "NATURE" IN DEC 2017 HELD THAT
BY CENTURY END - UNDER ""BUSINESS AS USUAL " IT IS LIKELY THAT TEMPERATURE MAY RISE TO 5DEGREE ABOVE PRE-INDUTRAIAL LEVEL
THIS OFF BY HUGE MARGIN UNDER 2 DEGREE BEYONG WHICH EARTH'S CLIMATE WILL WITNESS IRREVERSIBLE CJANGES
SIMILAR REPORT ARE ALSO CONFIRMED BY USA'S NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESMENT4TH REPORT(NCA4)
WHICH REAFFIRMED THAT PARIS CLIMATE DEAL TARGET WILL BE MISSED BY HUGE MARGIN AND SVERAGE TEMP RISE MAY BE 4 DEGREES
STUDY BY CLIMATE TRACKER
SHOWS THAT NO ADVANCED COUNTRIES - EU , USA, JAPAN, CANNADA IS ON TRACK TO MEET THE INDC TARGET
ON THE CONTARY THE GHG EMISSION IS RISING
ACC. TO WMO GHG EMISSIONS REACHED A ALL TIME HIGH OF 403.3 PPM HIGEST IN 800000 YEARS
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT IT?
SHIFT FROM CURRENT DEVELOPEMNT MODEL THAT IS BASED ON EXCESSIVE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION
WE OUGHT TO TREAT THAT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
FOR THIUS POLITICAL WILL IS REQUIRED BUT POLITICIAN ACT WHEN PEOPLE CARE
ENERGY SAVING APPLIANCES AND SHARING PLATFORMS LIKE UBER
AFTER USA EXITING FROM PARIS CLIMATE DEAL ITS TIME TO NEGOTAITE A SERIOUS AND BINDING CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL
FOCUS ADAPTATION MMORE THAN MITIGATION AS CLIMATE CHANGE IS GOING TO AFFECT DEVELOPING NATIONS MORE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE MAJORLY NEAR THE EQUATOR - AREA WHICH WILL WITNESS MOST TOLL OF CLIMATE CHANGE
COSTAL AREAS NEED REHAB.
CHANGE IN RAIN PATTERN
ADDRESING FOOD SECURITY
MANAGING IMMIGRATION CAUSED BY CIMATE CHANGE
POSITIVE DEVELOPEMTS
WORLD WIDE 161GW OF RE HAS BEEN ADDED = 10% INCREASE
THIS IS LIKE TO ACCELRATE TOWRDS A FOSSIL FREE FUTURE
ALREADY 47 COUNTRIES HAVE PLEGED TO BE FOSSIL FREE BYB 2050 AND SOME OF THEM ARE POOR COUNTRIES ALSO
THIS DUE TO SHARP FALL IN PRICES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. THAT HAS MADE THE COST OF WHICH COMPARABLE TO FOSSIL FUEL
UNEP AND WHO SIGNED A DEAL
TO PROTECT HEALTH OF PLANET
AS YOUR HEALTH IS LINKED TO HEALTH OF PLANET
THE AGREEMENT RECOGNISES THIS REALITY THAT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK CAUSED A ESTIMATED 12.6 MILLION DEATHS A YEAR
MOST OF WHICH TOOK PLACE IN ASIA , AFRCA AND LATIN AMERICA.
THEY AGREED TO SET UP JOINT ACTIONS TO COMBAT AIR POLLUTION , CLIMATE CHANGE, ANTIMICROBIAL RESITANCE & WASTE MANAGMENT
COLLABRATION INCLUDED BREATHE LIFE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN: TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE