Geography A-Level,
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Topics: Carbon Cycle and Superpowers
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1978 Chinas Open Door Policy2008
USA Imports 11 million barrels of oil each
Mumbai terrorist attacks. 166 killed
Global financial crisis.2015
USA has a goal of 1 million electric vehicles on the road.
Tar sands produces 40% of Canadas oil output.
UK froze Carbon Taxation policy, oil and gas exploration relief expanded to support fossil fuels
First full year to exceed benchmark of 1 degree c above pre industrial levels
30% of all forest cover cleared, 20% degraded
Ocean pH reached 8.1
Paris terrorist attacks - 137 killed, 368 injured
.2014
USA mainly uses oil, natural gas and coal.
France energy mix, mainly oil and nuclear.
Europe makes up 40% of Gazproms revenue
New York Declaration on forests global target to restore
350 million ha of forest landscaped by 2030
Largest 500 companies $31 trillion in revenue, £1.7 trillion in profit
China accounted for 24% of global emissions
.2020
USA goal to make commercial facilities 20% more effectiveLate 1980s, Indonesian island Java losing 770 metric tonnes of topsoil every year.
At an estimated cost of 1.5 million tonnes of rice - enough to feed 11-15 million people.2100 Spain could be desert2017
September- Majority of globe is above 0 degrees c.
December - Energy exploration allowed in Arctic region
.2050
Sweden has a target of 0% fossil fuels
Three North Shelterbelt project to be completed in China
Chinese population will exceed total world population of 19901840s Energy mix - mainly bio fuelsSince 1950, coal, oil and gas have dominated.2000s
Energy mix, mainly oil and coal
China now worlds biggest polluter2011
Russian deal with Belarus
to sell gas to it 60% below EU price
with Gazprom incharge.
Arab Spring Uprisings -
anti governmental protests, uprisings and armed rebellionsPeak oil production year 2010.1989
Gazprom founded
US invasion of panamaApril 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil rig explodes.
11 workers die, 17 injured
5 million barrels of oil spilled into the sea
Cost BP $1.6 billion to clean up30th Nov 2015 COP21 Paris2010
China produces the worlds most plastic waste
Amazon rainforest drought, reduced 965,000 sq miles of vegetation.
Greenness levels in Amazon decreased and did not recover2030 only 1 in 7 people predicted to be consuming less than 2,500 calories per day2013
IPCC predicted that 24% of greenhouse gas emissions came from land use and agriculture.2100 where all predicted carbon outcomes expected to have happened by
Avg surface temp expected to increase by 1-3 degrees
Potentials:
More heatwaves, change in rainfall & monsoon seasons
Sea level +1.5m
Ocean acidification
CO2 conc 3 or 4X higher than pre industrial
Arctic summer sea ice gone
CO2 removal requires
Meltin permafrost = more CH4
More mitigation = reduced risk of tipping point20th century - 55 indigenous populations disappeared
in Amazon rainforest1990
more extreme cycles of drought and floods
developped in Amazonia
end of cold war period
Shift in production towards India and China
Growth of counterfeit goods in China
.2005
Amazon rainforest drought
Carbon released equivalent to annual emissions of Europe and Japan combined
30.7% of children in India underweight
July - London bombing on bus and undergroung
52 dead, 700 injured2014-15
Sao Paulo Water Crisis
rainfall 50% lower, Cantareira reservoir water level 5%
Emergency water trucks looted
11 mile pipe system installed
45,000 ha of trees planted
0.4% of it happening again1992 UNFFC
realised climate change happening
April - ANWR founded
.1997
Kyoto Protocol
Big agreement to cut emissions - only MEDCs followed this1980
Oil and gas drilling banned in Arctic regions2004
US economy output $14,119,050m according to IMF1945
Start of cold war period1920s
British Empire end1944
Bretton woods
IMF formed2010
Haiti Earthquake
7.0+ Mg
86% of people living in Port au Prince in slum conditions
200,000+ died2016
Ebola epidemic
11,000 + people died
Eurozone debt 9.7 trillion
EU unemployment 10%1949
NATO founded with 28 member states1967
ASEAN founded2002
USA contributed 23% of global CO2
China contributed 14% of global CO2
.2014
Sanctions on Russia
travel bans
Bans on business transactions
Decline of rouble
Bans on financial transactions1923 - 1960
Russian Gulag camps for war prisoners2012
London Olympics
44% less sea ice than average
Anti-China protests in Vietnam1933
Tiksi built in Russia
Was unsuccessful "information vaccum"1991
Collapse of communism
90% of Ukrainians voted to become independant1974
China seized parcels from Vietnam, killing 70 troops
in China sea dispute2009
Texas terrorist attack. 13 killed, 33 injured2035
EU workforce predicted to drop by 14%Industrial revolutionPeriodi
1995 - 2005 Global forest area
decreased by 80 million ha
Arable land area increased by 24 million ha1990 - 2010 USA hyperpower period1898 - 1991 USSR rebelled
new independance formed1950 - 1953
Korean Proxy war
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