How environment development will change the world

The world faces major environmental challenges, with far-reaching consequences not just for human beings, but for the entire biosphere. Issues such as climate change, the risks posed by genetic engineering, biodiversity loss, desertification, looming water scarcity, depletion of oil reserves and the growing need for energy conservation have massive implications for the planet as a whole. However, finding workable solutions are challenging as environmental management often appear to conflict with economic growth, and the driving forces of economic globalisation have resulted in environmental issues being lowered on national agendas to a significant extent. Through my previous work experience as an environmental analyst, I deeply realised that analysis is one thing, having the foresight and the ability and strength to manage it is another thing altogether. Therefore, I am pursuing a second postgraduate degree in Environment Change and Management in order to be well-equipped with the tools to cope with the environment management.

During my undergraduate years, I was a major in Biotechnology at the College of Life Sciences, XXX University - the most prestigious university in China. My hard work and industry brought me an excellent GPA that was among the top five percent in the entire grade and I was twice awarded scholarships in the college. During the seven months' final project, I participated in a XXXXXX project: "Study of Wild Plants and Animals in JM Nature Reserve", where I obtained the opportunity to conduct real-life investigations and to familiarise myself with Ecology and Conservation. Apart from technical knowledge in the fundamentals of life sciences and biotechnology, I gained self-discovery from my university education - my strong interest in the environmental applications of biotechnology. I feel that a career utilising my expertise in technology for environmental purposes is my true calling.

With this self-discovery I entered the graduate program in Environmental Technology at XXXXXXX. I gained a deep insight into European environmental technology, law and policy, and developed practical environmental problem-solving skills through laboratory work, problem-solving tutorials and policy analysis. I also mastered several useful techniques such as GIS, Risk Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment. During the five month-long final project semester, working with the botanists in J Lab, I sequenced and compared the 769 ITS region of lichenised algae rDNA in order to determine whether photobiont diversity limits the tolerance of the whole lichen symbiosis to the atmospheric pollution. From this project I have gained deep insight into the relationship between lichen diversity and environmental change, and how environmental pollution can be monitored by quantifying the change of biodiversity.

Upon graduation from XXXXXXXX, I worked for COMPANY. As a project manager responsible for EIA reports drafting for iron-steel projects and related policies, I developed an interest in the growing problem of meeting the resource and energy requirements of an ever-increasing population. There, I passed the exam and gained the title of National Registered Environmental Impact Assessment Engineer, and took part in drafting seven reports for five projects and two policies. The demanding and constant workload stretched me emotionally and mentally, allowing me to develop a greater capacity for stress and to improve my self-confidence.

I earned the chance to transfer to the COMPANY in January 2010. Since Chinese government was planning to establish its first Environment and Energy Exchange in southwest China, I participated in the panel responsible for policy analysis. Through communication and co-operation with environmental financing intuitions and international environmental exchanges, I discovered that carbon trade may not be hugely suitable for China in the short-term, because of the lack of compatible policies, company ability-building, and even a standard system in each industry for quantifying energy savings in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. It would need at least five years for a better policy atmosphere and economic system to accommodate it effectively. I suggested that during this time-gap a transition method of energy-saving trade, rather than carbon trade, could be used. The final section of my part of the report presented a matrix comprised of political, social, international, and domestic factors, to help establish a trading system.

In conclusion, I feel that my achievements to date make me an outstanding candidate and I fully expect to continue to succeed through my commitment to the field and to my diligence. I hope to make full use of the strong teaching, advanced research facilities and inspiring academic climate that your esteemed university offers. I plan to especially focus on climate policy and international climate negotiations. After my Master's programme, I would like to continue my studies and obtain a Ph.D in the same field. This would enable me to combine a research career with advising governments on environmental issues. I would relish the opportunity to contribute to the booming of Chinese environmental exchanges under the driving force of relevant policies, strike a balance between development and environmental concern, and solving environmental issues through practical management methodologies.

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What do you think are the environmental challenges in Southeast Asia today, and why?"

Our earth is getting worse day by day by a variety of environmental problems included our Southeast Asia. It is not easy to solve the environmental issues as it needs contributions from all people from all over the country. Current focus on environmental challenges is on the climate change, air pollution and water scarcity, what is increasingly being recognized and acknowledged in our daily lives.

The first challenges on climate change or global warming highly affecting our daily lives in the region and how it leads to severe economic costs. The impact on climate change for example floods, may caused displacement of the affected people area to a safer place. Thus, people nowadays are facing more and more effects from the climate change rapidly.

Secondly, our earth today also faces the severe air pollution. These environmental challenges we face not only because of the increasing number of mobility or transportation. Increasing population have raise the increasing demand of individual of having their own transportation. Admit it that each individual do need their own car for an easier movement from a place to another place. However, the emissions of fume from those vehicles are the source of air pollution. Therefore, sustainable cities, urban planning and mobility need to be considered. In terms of mobility, one can carpool with another when there are many people are going to the same place.

Next, is water scarcity. Industrial activities should manage their waste in the appropriate way. They should not dispose their industrial waste without treatment directly to the river, sea and even out to the air we breathe. When this happen, especially untreated waste in the river, will pollute the water. Moreover, sea biodiversity are affected when they consume the polluted water. In addition, it does not only affecting one country, but also affecting the neighboring country.

To conclude, environmental problems are challenges that have become more of a problem for a number of reasons. We are beginning to deal with it, now we must so

The world mostly agrees that something needs to be done about global warming and climate change. The first stumbling block, however, has been trying to get an agreement on a framework. In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was created by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meterological Organization (WMO) to assess the scientific knowledge on global warming. The IPCC concluded in 1990 that there was broad international consensus that climate change was human-induced. That report led way to an international convention for climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), signed by over 150 countries at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. This section looks at this Convention and some of the main principles in it.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), signed by over 150 countries at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. (By the middle of 2000, over 180 countries had signed and ratified it).
The Convention took effect in 1994. By 1995 negotiations had started on a protocol — an international agreement linked to the existing treaty, but standing on its own. This led to the Kyoto Protocol, adopted unanimously in 1997. The main purposes of this protocol was to
• Provide mandatory targets on greenhouse-gas emissions for the world's leading economies all of whom accepted it at the time;
• Provide flexibility in how countries meet their targets;
• Further recognize that commitments under the Protocol would vary from country to country.
The following table is from a report from PANOS called Just a lot of hot air?, looking at the issues leading up to the climate conference in Hague 2000. It summarizes the major steps toward action on the issue of Climate Change