CLIMATE ACTION! LET'S
SAVE THE EARTH!
What can we do?
Reduce, reuse,
and recycle
Learn more at
reallygreatsite.com
Use no
plastics
Save energy
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is the long-term
alteration of temperature and
typical weather patterns in a place.
Climate change could refer to a
particular location or the planet as
a whole.
CLIMATE
Climate change refers to the long-term
shifts in temperature and weather
patterns. These shifts may be natural,
such as through variations in the solar
cycle. But since the 1800s, human
activities have been the main driver of
climate change, primarily due to burning
fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas.
CLIMATE ACTION:
SAVE THE EARTH!
SAVE THE FUTURE!
Keep fossil in
the ground
Invest in
renewable
energy
Fossil fuels
include coal, oil
andd gas - and
the more that
are extracted
and burned,
the worse
climate change
will get.
Changing our
main energy
sources to
clean and
renewable
energy is the
best way to stop
using fossil
fuels.
Plant a
tree
Green your
commute
A single tree
will absorb one
ton of carbon
dioxide over its
lifetime.
The many ways
to reduce your
transportation
emissions will
also make you
healthier,
happier and
save you a few
bucks.
Start a climate
conversation
Solving climate
change requires
us all to do work
together. We
can't do that
without finding
common ground
with those who
may not share
our perspective.
Get politically
active and vote
Vote for leaders
at all levels of
government who
take climate
change seriously.
Generating Power
Generating electricity and heat by
burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and
natural gas causes a large chunk of global
emissions. Most electricity is still
produced from fossil fuels; only about a
quarter comes from wind, solar and other
renewable sources.
Manufacturing Goods
Manufacturing and industry produce
emissions, mostly from burning fossil
fuels to produce energy for making things
like cement, iron, steel, electronics,
plastics, clothes, and other goods. Mining
and other industrial processes also
release gases.
Cutting Down Forests
Cutting down forests to create farm or
pastures, or for other reasons, causes
emissions, since trees, when they are cut,
release the carbon they have been storing.
Since forests absorb carbon dioxide,
destroying them also limits nature's ability
to keep emissions out of atmosphere.
Using Transportation
Most cars, lorries, ships and planes run
on fossil fuels. That makes transportation
a major contributor of greenhouse gases,
especially carbon-dioxide emissions.
Road vehicles account for the largest
part, but emissions from ships and planes
continue to grow.
Consuming Too Much
Your home and use of power, how
you move around, what you eat and
how much you throw away all
contribute to greenhouse gas
emissions. So does the consumption
of goods such as clothing,
electronics and plastics.
WHAT CAUSES
CLIMATE CHNAGE?
CLIMATE