Environment

  • 0.8oc Rise in the Earth’s average temperature since 1900(IPCC report, February 2007)
  • 14% Share of transport sector’s greenhouse gas emissions (IEA, “CO₂ Emission Trends and Reduction Opportunities in Transport, Households and Commercial Sectors”)
  • 2007.1 Number of megacities with populations of over 10 million: 14 in 1995 / 26 in 2015(UN Population Fund statistics, 2007)
  • 40% The percentage of the species on Earth that went extinct between 1970 and 2000.(UNEP, “Global Biodiversity Outlook 2,” 2006)
  • 40 The decrement of the Arctic glaciers during the last 40 years
  • 978 Number of trees for absorbing CO₂emissions throughout one's life
  • 6.5:1 Before 2020, every 6.5 people are expected to own 1 car, which means more than 1 billion cars worldwide(Wall Street Journal, April 2006)
  • 9,200,000,000 World population: 6.7 billion in 2007 / 9.2 billion in 2050 (UN Population Division report, 2007)
  • 2015 Buenos Aires, Tianjin, Bangkok, Cairo, New York City, LA, Osaka, Tokyo Cities expected to suffer devastating damage by 2015 due to rising sea levels(Samsung Global Environment Research Center, “Climate Catastrophe: A Reality We Want to Deny”)