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Subido el 28 de junio de 2007 por EducaMadrid

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Environmental questions and the damage not respecting the environment brings to the natural elements and, as a consequence, to man are the subject of a number of priority actions within the European Union. The European Commission's fifth framework programme for research and development (1998-2002) values research and technological development actions, by co-financing partnership projects.

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The Isle of Wight in the south of England, this mecca for British tourism of the Belle 00:00:00
Epoque is experiencing a real tragedy. For the past 20 years land erosion has been 00:00:23
speeding up. Every winter several hundred square metres of the island disappear. Houses 00:00:29
are washed away, swallowed by the sea. Roads drop into the void. This amusement park for 00:00:36
instance, the oldest in Britain, will be gone in another 20 years. The principal economic 00:00:42
resource of the island, tourism and its related activities concentrated on the coast are in 00:00:48
serious danger today. Coastal erosion is not a new phenomenon, but recent scientific 00:00:53
studies have demonstrated that it has accelerated considerably in recent years. Two factors 00:00:59
are responsible for this acceleration. Rainfall on the island has become more abundant and 00:01:04
the sea level is rising. Two consequences of climate change that could be attributed 00:01:09
to global warming. The Isle of Wight is not a unique case. The entire planet is concerned 00:01:13
by climate change. The population of the earth is growing bigger and bigger and our 00:01:19
way of life has an impact on the evolution of the climate. Industry, cars, heating and 00:01:23
air conditioning and electrical appliances consume tremendous amounts of energy. The 00:01:29
release into the air of combustion gases adds to the greenhouse effect and holds the heat 00:01:35
in the planet's atmosphere. In the next century the average temperature on our planet could 00:01:39
well rise 1 to 3 degrees, causing the polar ice cap to melt and leading to a considerable 00:01:47
rise in the sea level, with dramatic consequences for the planet as a whole. 00:01:52
Some regions close to sea level would be in danger. In the Netherlands, for example, existing 00:02:03
sea walls might not provide sufficient protection and could need to be raised. And some already 00:02:08
see certain recent catastrophes as the first signs of this global warming. In Central America, 00:02:15
for instance, Hurricane Mitch, with its record-setting force, caused unprecedented destruction in 00:02:21
November 1998. In Bangladesh, floods have become increasingly frequent and persistent. 00:02:27
The rising sea level threatens entire regions that are particularly heavily populated. 00:02:35
In France, the storms of December 1999 were of a violence and scope never before seen 00:02:42
in that part of the world. Mindful of the necessity of building sustainable development, 00:02:47
governments from all over the globe met in 1992 in Rio. At that meeting, they signed 00:02:54
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In this convention, they agreed 00:02:59
to reduce their emissions of CO2. This undertaking was made even tougher in 1997 with the signature 00:03:04
of the Kyoto Protocol. The European Union, for instance, agreed in this protocol to 00:03:10
reduce its greenhouse gases 8% by 2010. Are we aware that we need to change our way of 00:03:15
life, our personal, social and economic habits to attain this objective? And most importantly, 00:03:22
are we willing to do so? 00:03:29
For more UN videos visit www.un.org 00:03:40
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28 de junio de 2007 - 17:13
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03′ 42″
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