This is an Australian open cast coal mine. Visibl e air pollution over cities is a reminder of the load of CO2 placed into the atmosphere by vehicles burning fossil fuel. The thermal expansion of the ocean as it warms with global warming will raise the sea level. This threatens the existence atoll nations. Equity issues arising from the effects of climate change are not limited to atoll nations.
Many issues also arise in the relationship between the developing and the developed world.
The developing world has caused the problem but is allocating assigned amounts for emissions on the basis of historic use, rather than population. This leaves no opportunity for economic growth on the same basis as the developed nations. Indigenous people fear the effects of climate change where environmental change may force rapid changes to their lifeways. Moreover they fear developed nations desires for new forestry sinks and controlling the land use in forested areas may leave them little role in the management of their land. This is a woman of the Akha hill tribe of northern Thailand.