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I'm Shahid Zaki.
I'm the former CEO of
Philips Pakistan and
I also happen to
teach at the Institute of
Business Administration
(Karachi), Pakistan.
The topic of my presentation
is reducing the carbon footprint
and It's specifically
by using solar power
and I will spend some time
on its feasibility as well.
Why I'm talking about
this topic, solar power,
the reason is that I also
happen to be an engineer.
So, I love electrical
engineering topics and
that is why I thought I could
contribute something there.
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As usual for these applications,
we will have some kind of a
problem for you, for the student,
and that problem could be
calculating whether it is
worthwhile to install
a solar power
in your home or in
your office and so on.
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Now, what do we understand
by carbon footprint?
What is happening is that
the Earth's climate is
changing at an alarming rate
and that is causing
devastating consequences,
such as the sea level going up,
extreme weather events, and
very important loss
of biodiversity.
The global average temperature
has already increased
by 1.1 degree
centigrade and this has led to
a range of impacts,
including melting ice caps.
Now, why is the
temperature going up?
It's because of the
increase in carbon dioxide
and that is why we are talking
about carbon footprint.
Why that carbon
dioxide is there?
It's because of the
human activity.
We can, all of us play a role in
mitigating this issue by
reducing our carbon footprint.
I mean, whatever
you as a person are
contributing to it or
your organization is
contributing to it,
by making some
conscious decisions
to reduce our carbon emissions,
we can help slow down the
pace of the climate change
and ensure a sustainable future
for our future generation
and that is what
sustainability is about.
The impact of temperature going
up can be seen in
the next slide,
where there has been
abnormal rainfalls in certain
regions of the world.
