Why might Paris be a coastal resort by 2050?
1. The River Seine flows
through Paris
8. Mrs Grande has just
bought a new mahogany table
15. Loggers in the rain forest
see profits soaring
2. Paris city government are
installing air conditioning in
all their offices
9. Carbon dioxide is one of
the greenhouse gases
16. ARK predict sea levels
could rise 7.5 metres by 2030
sinking Marseille and
Bordeaux under water
3. Paris is approximately
250 KM from the
coast
10. In the past, large areas
around Paris were marshland.
It was drained to create
farmland and settlement.
17. Greenhouse gases absorb
the sun’s heat. As a result the
earth’s temperature increases
4. Mrs Caquot walked to
school when she was a child
11. Paris is a low-lying and
fairly flat city
18. The Department of Trade
has released figures showing
that car traffic releases 37
million tonnes of carbon
dioxide each year
5. Rapid melting of the
Antarctic Ice sheet has been
discovered by the British
Antarctic Survey. Giant
icebergs are breaking away
12. Since 1930 the average
world temperature has
increased by 0.2 C
19. Ice creams cost €3 on the
coast
6. Burning fossil fuels
releases carbon dioxide
13. Paris is just off the A1
motorway
7. Swarms of insects destroy
farmer Bernard Laporte’s
crops
14. Sea levels are expected to
rise 30cms in the next 30
years
20. James and Sam Faure are
pleased with their new DVD
player, even if it means using
more electricity
21. Deforestation contributes
up to 20% of all human global
carbon dioxide emissions
25. Total emissions of carbon
in France amount to 155
million tonnes each year
28. Farmer Gigot has
removed 2 KM of hedgerows
and three small copses of
trees from his land
23. Miss Whitby explains to
her science class that trees
and other plants take in
carbon dioxide and give out
oxygen
26. A lot of electricity in
France is generated in power
stations using fossil fuels
29. Warmer water expands
and takes up more space
24. Mrs Terreygeol drives the
children to school in her new
2.8L 4x4
27. The Gignac’s have just
bought a new fridge and were
annoyed to find that they
would have to pay to dispose
of the old one
30. It is predicted that global
warming will make France
wetter
22. Kyoto Protocol 1997
demands pollution
reductions worldwide