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Flood

@ Boscastle
  • Lag time of 4 hours
  • Confluence of River Valency and River Jordan
  • Boscastle is in an area of impermeable slate and limestone, whcih was saturated at the time due to 2 weeks of high rainfall

River

@ Tees

Tees barrage


  • Completed in 1995, cost £54M
  • Catalysed investment of £5M
  • 22 Km of land between Yarn and Darlington is permanently at high tide

Cow green Reservoir


  • 3 years to build
  • 40B litres of water
  • 0.25 miles long

Earthquake

@ Tohoku (11 March 2011)
  • Earthquake of magnitude 8.9
  • There was a foreshock of magnitude 7.2
  • Estimated to have cost Japan USD 235B
  • 14m tsunami hhit Japan 30 minutes after earthquake

Volcano

@ Monserrat
  • 11,000 were evacuated to Northern half of island
  • 19/11/1995 - 06/12/1995: Nochange in sulphur dioxide concentraion in air
  • Eruption occurred at 18:00 on 01/10/1995

Benefits of techtonics

@ Iceland
  • 85% of energy produced is geothermal
  • Tourism => 4,1% of GNI
  • Tourist popualtion first exceeded resident population in 2000
  • Tourism has grown each year by 11%

Sea level rise

@ Thames flood barrrier

Protects 125 squared km of Central London


  • 125M people
  • £80M property

2014 winter - 14 uses

Meant to last until 2030, but projected to be redundant before then

Migration of environmental refugees

@ Tuvalu
  • Average income: $1100
  • New Zealand offered to take 75 people per year (from 2001), but only 30% of residents are eligible
  • 28/02/2006 - Flood event of 3.24 metres above Chart Datum Zero

Changes in patterns of insect-bourne diseases

@ Lyme disease, UK
  • According to the Chartered Institute of Environmental health, the changes in climate provide the "perfect breeding grounds" for a number of pest-borne diseases including Lyme disease

Confirmed UK cases of Lyme disease


  • 2001: 200 confirmed cases
  • 2011: 959 confirmed cases

Storm

@ N/A

Annual frequency of North Atlantic tropical storms


  • 1948 - 1957: 10.8
  • 1992 - 2001: 12

Heat wave

@ Paris
  • Temperature > 40ºC
  • 14000 deaths
  • France lost 20% of its wheat harvest

Droughts

@ Sahel
  • 10M people are food insecure
  • 500K - 700K deaths [mostly children]
  • 1M children are at risk of acute malnutrition

Energy efficiency in the home
  • 18% of emissions come form dairy/meat production
  • 30M litres of water is boiled only to go cold again
  • 65% of computer energy is spent while the computer is idle

Restricting air travel

Each long-haul flight from New York to London (with return) emits 1.2t of Carbon Dioxide

Emissions trading
  • Only 53% of emissions are included
  • 10 London banks have pulled out of the EU ETS
  • 01/01/15 - South Korea launched its ETS

Efficient public transport
  • NYC transit saved 19MJ of energy by replacing conventional signals with LEDs
  • Energy efficient escalators reduce energy by 20% (Singapore Mass Rapid Transport)
  • 35 trains in Warsaw Metro [Poland] are now of an enetgy efficien design