Towards a New Climate Change Agreement: The Challenge of Human Induced Climate Change.

Format:

Video

Series:

Climate Change Science and Negotiations ; Lecture 1, Chapter 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental Science.

Tropical cyclones.

Biodiversity.

Natural disasters.

Sustainable engineering.

Environmental management.

Greenhouses.

Climate change.

Local Subjects:

Environmental Science.

Tropical cyclones.

Biodiversity.

Natural disasters.

Sustainable engineering.

Environmental management.

Greenhouses.

Climate change.

Genre:

Lecture/presentation

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 minutes)

Other Title:

The Challenge of Human Induced Climate Change

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : SDG Academy, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

This video discusses the challenge of human-induced climate change. The general problem is of living in a crowded and productive world. There are 7.2 billion people on the globe and the average output per person is about 12 thousand dollars US. We are pressing against the physical boundaries of the planet that sustain life, or the ‘Planetary Boundaries,’ which include ocean acidification, ozone depletion, and biodiversity loss, among others. Climate change, as exemplified by temperature warming, is perhaps the most pervasive of the threats to the planetary boundaries, but is accompanied by changes to rainfall and extreme weather events like droughts and hurricanes. In order to make choices about what policies decisions to come to, we must understand the science so that we can head towards successful global agreements.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2026).