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Understanding Climate
Change
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What is the greenhouse effect?
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What is global warming?
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CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) EMISSIONS
8.5 metric tons per person
0.1 metric tons per person
18.0 metric tons per person
World average 4.49 per person
Who should take responsibility for reducing CO2 emissions?
Source: World Bank 2008
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How has climate
change affected
us?
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What about developing countries?
They are the least responsible for climate
change
BUT
They are the most vulnerable to its effects
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Focus on Ethiopia
Click on the link below to see a 3 minute video of people in Ethiopia
talking about the impact of climate change on their lives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0OFchuac-o&feature=relmfu
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The Impact of Climate Change
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Maryam is 11. She is from the Dorze tribe in Southern Ethiopia.
How has climate change affected her?
“The well near our house has
dried up. Now I have to walk for
three hours every morning to
fetch water from the river for
my family. I can’t go to school
any more because I can’t get
back in time.”
Maryam
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What can you do to
help stop climate
change?
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Urban planning
Industry
Transport
Building
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Use energy saving light bulbs
Fill the dishwasher
Use recycled paper
Turn down your thermostat
For more ideas check out: http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk
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In Ethiopia, people are trying different solutions to fight climate
change.
These farmers are
planting trees. Trees
absorb greenhouse
gases and stop the
ground from drying
out.
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Farmers are switching
to animals which can
live more easily in dry
conditions.
Camels and goats do not need as
much water as sheep and cows.
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Getting electricity from solar power is a good solution in sunny
countries like Ethiopia! Solar power is clean and produces no
greenhouse gases.
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“The danger posed by war to all of humanity - and
to our planet - is at least matched by the climate
crisis and global warming. I believe that the world
has reached a critical stage in its efforts to exercise
responsible environmental stewardship.”
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon