Developing National Emission Factor for Electricity Sector in Malaysia
By Radin Diana R . Ahmad Sazalina Zakaria Ahmad Rosly Abbas Mohd Faizzi Fadzli Syahirah Amirah Saleh , Built Environment and Climate Change Unit , Generation and Environment Department , TNB Research Sdn Bhd
COVER FEATURE and Raja Shazrin Shah Raja Ehsan Shah Yuan Ji Mok Galaxy Tech Solutions , Innovation Incubator Complex , University of Malaya
Even though we might not expect many differences in ramping our air conditioning up or down by 2 ° C , the same increase in our climate could be the tipping point causing global and catastrophic irreversible changes . The IPCC 1 Special Report on Global Warming of a 1.5 ° C increase concluded that various portions of land on the earth ’ s surface will in fact experience higher temperatures than the global average surface temperature . Furthermore , at a 1.5 ° C increase in Global Warming , approximately 14 % of Earth ' s population will be exposed to severe heat wave at least once every five years and this figure worsens to 37 % at 2 ° C warming . Climate-related risks and threats to human health , livelihoods , food security , human security , water supply and economic growth will increase and will increase even more at 2 ° C warming . The impact of global warming will be experienced all around the globe and will be most severe in the Arctic ecosystems , dry land regions , small-island developing states and least developed countries . Limiting warming to 1.5 ° C will reduce the number of people susceptible to climate-related poverty risks by as much as several hundred million by 2050 .
To stabilise atmospheric concentrations at a level that would minimise the risk of major global climate change , more than 130 countries ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) at the 1992 Earth
1 IPCC : The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change .
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