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Air pollution and global warming
1.Kuo-Ying Wang and 2.Jen-Ping Chen
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Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central
University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan
University, Taipei, Taiwan
Outline
1. A theory for Air Pollution-Global Warming-Abrupt Climate Change
* How this theory work?
* Validation of this theory: How human activities perturb atmospheric
chemical compositions
 local perspective: urban air pollution
 global perspective: ozone hole
2. An assessment of energy efficiencies policies
* How gasoline price, for example, can affect oil consumption
3. Strategies forward
* emissions control, advanced in technologies, etc
* environmental risk assessment system
* calls for new thinking – why?
4. Conclusion
1. The Air Pollution-Global Warming-Abrupt Climate Change
Theory
2. Validation of the theory: How anthropogenic
activities perturb the atmosphere?
* Global Perspective – Stratospheric ozone
depletion
* Local Perspective – Urban Air Pollution
2. An assessment of energy efficiencies policies
Average gasoline price
3. Strategies Forward
• Emissions controls
 the role of large corporations has been mostly negative
 short-sighted self-interest and delay
• advanced in technologies
 technologies do not magically grow by themself
* Environmental risk assessment system
• Air pollution early warning system
• Air pollution scenarios simulation system
• Air pollution audit system
 Air pollution cost must be counted
 Air pollution cost must be paid for by the polluters
 Policy making processes, success, fail, etc
* Calls for new thinking
• Why?
- We have gradually used up natural resources
瞬間豪雨板橋嚴重積水天氣
驟變，
十三日午後的一場豪雨，
造成台北縣板橋中山路許多
路段無法宣洩積水，
車輛有如水上行舟，
並且造成嚴重塞車。
中央社記者黃旭昇北縣傳真
九十二年十月十三日
(中央社)
4. Conclusion
- Significant global warming is coming in our
lifetimes
- We have already run out of time
- Climate change becomes so harmful
- Climate change is a major social, economic, and
political issue