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Tuvalu, a little state situated halfway between Hawaii and Australia, will be the largest initiator regarding solar energy generated from natural resources. With only 4.5m above the sea, Tuvalu is the first nation who is threatened by climate change. Practically, the islands sink into the sea, with 1.2 millimeters per year.
After this report of University of Hawaii, Tuvalu’s local community governance announced that they aim to switch to renewable energy completely until year 2020. Tuvalu: First in the battle against global warming. Global warming is, according to observations, a fact.
Humanity can and must take measures to stop its contribution to global warming. Several states like Iceland, Costa Rica, New Zealand and Pakistan started to have taken action to reduce considerably the greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere in the next ten years.
Although over ¾ of the CO2 (carbon dioxide) is still attributable to the entire world, China was responsible for most of global growth in emissions because of development, but countries like USA, Canada or UK are the largest resources consumers. Big nations like China, United States of America, Canada and United Kingdom are those nations which should follow the example of smaller states which have already taken measures, to feel for real the reducing of gas in the future.
At the 35th G8 summit that took place in the city of L’Aquila, Italy on July 8–10 in 2009, the leaders included some issues which remain unresolved from previous summits, like energy issues, sustainable development and climate change.
A range of issues relating to climate were discussed in the context of a framework established at the 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Bali, Indonesia. G8 countries have committed the limit of 2° C for global warming and to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050. Agreement is a very important step towards a consensus on how this should be the shared responsibility of limiting emissions.
Leaders say that there is still much work ahead on climate change conference in Copenhagen. UN hopes that a new international agreement will be ended at the World Summit in December. Last year, the eight agreed that emission should be reduced by half by 2050, but did not provide details about how you might do this. This time it was ended that developed countries will have to reduce emissions by 80%. Some countries in development (China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa) wanted that the Group of 8 to adapt targets for 2020 and provide financial and technical assistance to combat climate change.
The researchers have shown that if the reduction of gas will not be made as they established, the humanity will feel the effects of global warming: spread of diseases, warmer waters and more hurricanes, increased probability and intensity of droughts and heat waves, economic consequences and polar ice caps melting. Tuvalu formally known as the Ellice Island, will use solar energy and wind power.
Solar technologies are broadly characterized as either passive or active depending on the way they capture, convert and distribute sunlight. Wind power has many advantages: no pollution; provides extra income for rural farmers by renting land for turbines (about $2000–$4000 per year per turbine); renewable source of electricity; sustainable source of electricity. Total cost for the project started on the islands will cost around $20 millions, but the advantages will be huge, for environment and economics.
The project was established in 2006 and many Japanese businesses donate funds to help its developments. The Japanese NPO also cooperates with the Funafuti Town Council, Funafuti, Tuvalu. Kansai Electric Power Co from Japan and Tokyo Electric Power Company, both members of non-profit organization of G8, installed already a solar energy system providing 40 kilowatt of energy.
The Tuvalu Government is working to expand the initial project from 40 kilowatt to 60 by extending the solar power to outer islands. The whole project will have 100% support from Italian government and from G8 council. Will the big nations follow the example of Tuvalu Islands?
