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THE WINTER OLYMPICS VANCOUVER 2010 “Enjoying The The UNEP Magazine for Youth for young people · by young people · about young people “Enjoying the environment is key to its preservation.” THE WINTER OLYMPICS VANCOUVER 2010 Tunza_7.4_Eng.indd 1 11/1/10 14:56:50 TUNZA the UNEP magazine CONTENTS for youth. To view current and past issues of this publication online, Editorial 3 please visit www.unep.org White and green 4 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) PO Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya Vancouver: greenest city 6 Tel (254 20) 7621 234 Fax (254 20) 7623 927 Telex 22068 UNEP KE Taking part 8 E-mail [email protected] www.unep.org Green shoots 9 ISSN 1727-8902 Director of Publication Satinder Bindra Big feet, big ideas 10 Editor Geoffrey Lean Special Contributor Wondwosen Asnake Youth Editors Karen Eng, Deborah Woolfson The human crisis 12 Nairobi Coordinator Naomi Poulton Head, UNEP’s Children and Youth Unit Theodore Oben Racing downhill 14 Circulation Manager Manyahleshal Kebede Design Edward Cooper, Ecuador Daughter of necessity 16 Production Banson Front cover photo Phil Tifo Keep winter white 18 Youth Contributors Dandee Bitancor, Philippines; Alfredo Díaz, Colombia; Alperen Dülge, Turkey; TUNZA answers your questions 18 Claire Hastings, Canada; Chelsie Mitchell, Canada; Daniela Jaramillo Troya, Ecuador; Riska Mirzalina, Indonesia; David Osiany, Kenya; Lea The snowball effect 20 Simma, Sweden. Other Contributors James Balog, Extreme Ice Man of the mountains: Lonnie Thompson 21 Survey; Terry Cook, Extreme Ice Survey; Reynaldo Cutanda, Bayer; Julia Hoppenhau, Bayer; Lewis Gordon Pugh; Justin Lamoureux; Fred Pearce; Seven icy wonders 22 Rosey Simonds and David Woollcombe, Peace Child International; Sport, Extreme Ice Survey; Stephanie Snider, Vancouver 2010. Printed in the United Kingdom The contents of this magazine do not necessarily re- fl ect the views or policies of UNEP or the editors, nor are they an offi cial record. The designations em- ployed and the presentation do not imply the expres- sion of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP concerning the legal status of any country, territory UNEP and Bayer, the German-based around the world and develop new or city or its authority, or concerning the delimitation international enterprise involved of its frontiers or boundaries. youth programmes. Projects include: in health care, crop science and TUNZA Magazine, the International materials science, are working Children’s Painting Competition on to gether to strengthen young people’s the Environment, the Bayer Young environ mental awareness and engage Environmental Envoy in Partner ship UNEP promotes children and youth in environmental with UNEP, the UNEP Tunza environmentally sound practices issues worldwide. International Youth/Children’s globally and in its own activities. This Conference, youth environmental magazine is printed on 100% recycled paper, The partnership agreement, renewed networks in Africa, Asia Pacifi c, Europe, using vegetable-based inks and other eco- to run through 2010, lays down a Latin America, North America and West friendly practices. Our distribution policy aims basis for UNEP and Bayer to enlarge Asia, the Asia-Pacifi c Eco-Minds forum, to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint. their long standing collaboration to and a photo competition, ‘Ecology in bring successful initiatives to countries Focus’, in Eastern Europe. 2 TUNZA Vol 7 No 4 Tunza_7.4_Eng.indd 2 11/1/10 14:56:53 EDITORIAL now and ice – the very foundation of the glories Numbers of the winter Olympics – are the most visible sign, Sand one of the most sensitive indicators, of climate 2ºC is the rise in global temperatures (since ‘pre- change. The Arctic ice cap shrank to its smallest ever industrial levels’) that has been recognized by the extent in September 2007, reaching a level not expected Copenhagen Accord as the upper allowable limit. until 2050. Though it has slightly recovered since, it is still only about 40 per cent of the size and thickness that it 12 is the number of accredited young people allowed 2 used to be. Antarctic ice shelves are disintegrating and to attend the fi nal session of the Copenhagen Climate the great ice sheet that covers the frozen continent is Conference (COP-15). showing signs of melting. And everywhere glaciers are 16 is COP-16, the next UN climate meeting, which will be retreating, posing an enormous future threat to the water held in Mexico in December 2010. This provides the next supplies of billions of people. opportunity to come to a binding international agreement on climate change. Faced with this and many other warnings of disasters to come, the world’s governments still managed to squander 20 is the percentage of CO2 emissions that come from the chance of working out the basis of a new, effective, forest degradation and loss.0 Recognition of UN-REDD (a fair, inclusive treaty at the Copenhagen climate summit, mechanism for reducing these emissions) was one of the even though, when the meeting opened, it was almost achievements8 of COP-15. within their grasp. There will be many post mortems on how it could have gone so inexplicably wrong, but we 192 is the number of nations attending COP-15. need to look forward, not back, and use the crucial year ahead to ensure that a treaty is agreed and fi nalized when 1,500 + is the number of youth advocates accredited for the COP-15. governments meet again in Mexico in December 2010, if 1 not before. 1998 is the hottest year on record, but some predict that 2010 will be yet hotter. One benefi t from Copenhagen was the emergence of a strong voice from youth, demanding that they should 2,600 is the number of people evacuated from the not inherit a planet where it would be hard to live decent Carteret Islands in May 2009 because of rising sea levels. lives. Their voice joined with those of the small island states and African countries, who are among those most 5,000 + is the number of young people who made their vulnerable to global warming, to create a new fault line in voices heard in Copenhagen. international diplomacy – between the big polluters and 3 their potential victims. We must not let that momentum 12,373 is the number of people who will lose their home be lost, but shame our leaders into action by asking them when Tuvalu becomes uninhabitable as a result of rising sea levels. how they can dare to endanger our future. And we must regulate our own consumption so as to lead low-carbon 45,000 is the number of people accredited to the lives, both to give us the authority to speak, and for the Copenhagen COP-15. But the Bella Centre, where the sake of the planet. Conference9 took place, had capacity for just 15,000. 15,245,151 is the number of global citizens who signed a petition asking political leaders to sign a climate deal in Copenhagen that was 7ambitious, fair and binding. 30,000,000,000 is the quantity of US dollars committed by developed countries in the Copenhagen Accord for climate change adaptation and mitigation between 2010 and 2012, with priority given to the most vulnerable nations, such as the least developed countries, small island developing states and Africa. 100,000,000,000 is the quantity of US dollars that, by 62020, must be mobilized annually by the developed countries to address the needs of developing countries, according to the Copenhagen Accord. 4 Climate and the Winter Olympics 3 Tunza_7.4_Eng.indd 3 11/1/10 14:56:53 uch a vast international event as Sthe Winter Olympics is bound to take a toll on the environment. Venues White and green must be built and race-courses carved out of hillsides, while transporting, feeding and housing the thousands of athletes, spectators and media also makes a big impact. It would be easy to lose sight of the planet in all the effort and the excitement surrounding the Games. But the Vancouver Organizing Com- mittee (VANOC) has made environ- men tal sustainability a priority, in- forming every decision, from where to put ski trails to what materials are the right environment for barnacles, public transport system. And a new used in buildings. And it aims not mussels, seaweed, starfi sh, crabs 19-kilometre Canada Line railway is just to make the Games as green as and fi sh. And there’s more: its use to connect key places. possible, but to contribute to making of fresh water has been reduced by Vancouver and Whistler – a resort up to 70 per cent through rain water catch ment, desalinization and sewage Re-heating some 125 kilometres to the north treatment systems. Mean while, the Carbon emissions should be cut where the cross-country, biathlon, constant temp erature of sea water back and electricity saved by re- Nordic com bined and ski-jumping is to be used for carbon-free heating using waste heat. At the Hillcrest/Nat events will be held – more sustainable and cooling through a heat-exchange Bailey Stadium Park, where curling for long afterwards. system. events will take place, heat gener- ated from keeping the ice rink frozen will be used to warm the swim- UNEP has provided the environ men- Creek check ming pool next door. And heat from tal perspective to Olympiads since the Madely Creek, home to frogs, fi sh the wastewater treatment plant at 2006 Torino Games, and will carry out and other wildlife, runs through the Olympic Village Whistler will an environmental assess ment of the the heart of Whistler Olympic Park, pro vide 90 per cent of the energy so special steps are being taken needed for its domestic heat and Vancouver Games, providing details of with the aim of protecting it.
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