A7_S2.pdf

A7_S2.pdf A7_S2.pdf Rapid Assessment on Climate Change Risk CCAI pilot site: Champhone, Savannakhet, Lao PDR Session 2: Understanding future climate change Southeast Asia START Regional Center SEA START RC copyright 2010 Overview on Climate Change Global warming and climate change - Increasing of greenhouse effect from increasing atmospheric greenhouse gases • Carbon dioxide – major portion from burning of fossil fuel (coal, oil, etc.) • Methane – from organic decomposing • Others SEA START RC copyright 2010 Overview on Climate Change Warming up temperature over the past century Not equally warmed up from region to region Source: SEA START RC copyright 2010 Overview on Climate Change Global average increasing in temperature in 2oth century Global average Land surface average Source: SEA START RC copyright 2010 Ocean surface average Overview on Climate Change Why global warming influence climate change?