Comments for Unicef NZ Blog http://blog.unicef.org.nz Join The Movement For Children Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:05:48 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Climate change – an interview with Mia Urbano, author of Indonesian Study; Part 1 by J. Doherty http://blog.unicef.org.nz/2011/11/15/climate-change-an-interview-with-mia-urbano-author-of-indonesian-study-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-892 J. Doherty Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:05:48 +0000 http://blog.unicef.org.nz/?p=2047#comment-892 While the Earth has always endured natural climate change variability, we are now facing the possibility of irreversible climate change in the near future. The increase of greenhouse gases in the Earth?s atmosphere from industrial processes has enhanced the natural greenhouse effect. This in turn has accentuated the greenhouse ?trap? effect, causing greenhouse gases to form a blanket around the Earth, inhibiting the sun?s heat from leaving the outer atmosphere. This increase of greenhouse gases is causing an additional warming of the Earth?s surface and atmosphere. A direct consequence of this is sea-level rise expansion, which is primarily due to the thermal expansion of oceans (water expands when heated), inducing the melting of ice sheets as global surface temperature increases. Forecasts for climate change by the 2,000 scientists on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) project a rise in the global average surface temperature by 1.4 to 5.8°C from 1990 to 2100. This will result in a global mean sea level rise by an average of 5 mm per year over the next 100 years. Consequently, human-induced climate change will have ?deleterious effects? on ecosystems, socio-economic systems and human welfare.At the moment, especially high risks associated with the rise of the oceans are having a particular impact on the two archipelagic states of Western Polynesia: Tuvalu and Kiribati. According to UN forecasts, they may be completely inundated by the rising waters of the Pacific by 2050.According to the vast majority of scientific investigations, warming waters and the melting of polar and high-elevation ice worldwide will steadily raise sea levels. This will likely drive people off islands first by spoiling the fresh groundwater, which will kill most land plants and leave no potable water for humans and their livestock. Low-lying island states like Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands and the Maldives are the most prominent nations threatened in this way.“The biggest challenge is to preserve their nationality without a territory,” said Bogumil Terminski from Geneva. The best solution is continue to recognize deterritorialized states as a normal states in public international law. The case of Kiribati and other small island states is a particularly clear call to action for more secure countries to respond to the situations facing these ‘most vulnerable nations’, as climate change increasingly impacts upon their lives. While the Earth has always endured natural climate change variability, we are now facing the possibility of irreversible climate change in the near future. The increase of greenhouse gases in the Earth?s atmosphere from industrial processes has enhanced the natural greenhouse effect. This in turn has accentuated the greenhouse ?trap? effect, causing greenhouse gases to form a blanket around the Earth, inhibiting the sun?s heat from leaving the outer atmosphere. This increase of greenhouse gases is causing an additional warming of the Earth?s surface and atmosphere. A direct consequence of this is sea-level rise expansion, which is primarily due to the thermal expansion of oceans (water expands when heated), inducing the melting of ice sheets as global surface temperature increases.
Forecasts for climate change by the 2,000 scientists on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) project a rise in the global average surface temperature by 1.4 to 5.8°C from 1990 to 2100. This will result in a global mean sea level rise by an average of 5 mm per year over the next 100 years. Consequently, human-induced climate change will have ?deleterious effects? on ecosystems, socio-economic systems and human welfare.At the moment, especially high risks associated with the rise of the oceans are having a particular impact on the two archipelagic states of Western Polynesia: Tuvalu and Kiribati. According to UN forecasts, they may be completely inundated by the rising waters of the Pacific by 2050.According to the vast majority of scientific investigations, warming waters and the melting of polar and high-elevation ice worldwide will steadily raise sea levels. This will likely drive people off islands first by spoiling the fresh groundwater, which will kill most land plants and leave no potable water for humans and their livestock. Low-lying island states like Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands and the Maldives are the most prominent nations threatened in this way.“The biggest challenge is to preserve their nationality without a territory,” said Bogumil Terminski from Geneva. The best solution is continue to recognize deterritorialized states as a normal states in public international law. The case of Kiribati and other small island states is a particularly clear call to action for more secure countries to respond to the situations facing these ‘most vulnerable nations’, as climate change increasingly impacts upon their lives.

]]> Comment on Kiwi UNICEF Worker Blogs from Pakistan: Blog #2 by Richard http://blog.unicef.org.nz/2010/09/08/kiwi-unicef-worker-blogs-from-pakistan-blog-2/comment-page-1/#comment-871 Richard Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:27:45 +0000 http://blog.unicef.org.nz/?p=1703#comment-871 Hi Zahid, thanks for the feedback! Hi Zahid, thanks for the feedback!

]]> Comment on Kiwi UNICEF Worker Blogs from Pakistan: Blog #2 by ZAHID HUSSAIN http://blog.unicef.org.nz/2010/09/08/kiwi-unicef-worker-blogs-from-pakistan-blog-2/comment-page-1/#comment-866 ZAHID HUSSAIN Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:56:15 +0000 http://blog.unicef.org.nz/?p=1703#comment-866 THIS IS A TRUE STORY OF A MAN AND HIS EFFORTS FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND ABOUT THE HUGE FLOOD CAME IN SINDH PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN, BECAUSE I PERSONALLY BELONG TO AFFECTED AREA AND A MAN HE HELPED US,I OPENED THIS PAGE BY Guilelessly AND I FIND IT PERFECT.. THANKS TO MAM TANIA: THIS IS A TRUE STORY OF A MAN AND HIS EFFORTS FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND ABOUT THE HUGE FLOOD CAME IN SINDH PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN, BECAUSE I PERSONALLY BELONG TO AFFECTED AREA AND A MAN HE HELPED US,I OPENED THIS PAGE BY Guilelessly AND I FIND IT PERFECT..

THANKS TO MAM TANIA:

]]> Comment on Water Crisis in Tuvalu by Hamish Lindsay - Programme Manager, UNICEF NZ http://blog.unicef.org.nz/2011/10/10/water-crisis-in-tuvalu/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Hamish Lindsay - Programme Manager, UNICEF NZ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:30:06 +0000 http://blog.unicef.org.nz/?p=1930#comment-783 As the unit we are sending is solar powered, there will be no fuel costs, no dependence on a constant supply of fuel (tricky in remote locations) and of course no carbon emissions, so huge benefit all round. Thanks Hamish As the unit we are sending is solar powered, there will be no fuel costs, no dependence on a constant supply of fuel (tricky in remote locations) and of course no carbon emissions, so huge benefit all round.

Thanks
Hamish

]]> Comment on Water Crisis in Tuvalu by Hamish Lindsay - Programme Manager, UNICEF NZ http://blog.unicef.org.nz/2011/10/10/water-crisis-in-tuvalu/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Hamish Lindsay - Programme Manager, UNICEF NZ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:25:53 +0000 http://blog.unicef.org.nz/?p=1930#comment-782 Hi Michael, For a similar sized desalination unit operating through a generator, the estimate would be around 300 litres of drinking water produced per litre of diesel fuel. Thanks Hamish Hi Michael,

For a similar sized desalination unit operating through a generator, the estimate would be around 300 litres of drinking water produced per litre of diesel fuel.

Thanks
Hamish

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