Transcript KidsCall-Climate Change

KidsCall – Save Life on Earth!
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Climate Change
Global
Impact!
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Weather extremes on the increase
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Weather extremes on the increase
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Weather extremes on the increase
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Temperatures are rising
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Ancient glaciers are melting
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Freshwater becomes scarce
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Erosion and land slides
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Global warming
Extreme weather conditions
Hurricanes
Droughts
Floods
Glaciers + polar ice caps melting
Extinction of millions of species
Sealife Extinction
Sea levels rising
Famines
Climate Refugees
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Desertification
Lack of Water
Food Insecurity
Our Earth
is in danger!
Europe: Extreme weather
increased heat
Whoincluding
is effected?
waves, wildfires and reduced
crop productivity, as well as
heavy rainfalls causing
landslides and floods.
North America: Heat
waves with adverse
health impacts. Water
stress. Hurricanes.
Small Islands:
Deterioration in coastal
conditions e.g. beach
erosion and coral
bleaching. Loss of
biodiversity and local
resources. Loss of land.
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Latin America: By midcentury, projected
replacement of tropical
forest by savanna in
eastern Amazonia. Water
stress. Droughts.
Africa: By 2020, up to 250
million people to be
exposed to water stress,
desertification & droughts.
Famine and mass evictions.
Spreading of deadly
diseases.
Asia: Water stress,
desertification, decreased
food productivity. Melting
of Himalayan glaciers will
cause collapse of river
systems. Hurricanes.
Australia and New Zealand:
Significant biodiversity loss
by 2020, including sea life
extinction.
Water stress, droughts.
Climate Change
What‘s causing
climate change?
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Transportation and energy production –
Land use and deforestation
Factory farming - Burning waste and fossil fuels
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Agricultural Fertilization
Transport and Energy
Power production
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Transportation
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Deforestation
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Factory farming
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Where do the polluters live?
Areas are proportional to historic carbon dioxid emissions from fossil fuel combustion,
1900 – 1990
Industrialized
Developing
Souce: World Resources Institute, http://ww.wri.org
Map by Equator Graphics, Inc.
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How many Earths would we need?
Human Ecological Footprint
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Climate Change
STOP
Climate Change!
It‘s not too late, but it is urgent!
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What can YOU do
to Stop Climate
Change?
We have to change
our habits & consumption,
respect the planet, save resources,
and we have to change policies!
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Act local –
Think global!
Act locally – recycle and educate!
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Act locally – reduce waste!
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Buy local organic food – reduce meat consumption
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Act locally – save energy, switch to renewables!
Bye-Bye Stand-by!
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Thank you for your attention!
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SAVE LIFE
ON EARTH!
Links for Further Reading
Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/
BBC Climate Change
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature
/portal/climate_change/default.stm
Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw3d.de/dw/0,
2142,11798,00.html
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Greenpeace International
http://www.greenpeace.org/internat
ional/campaigns/climate-change
National Geographic
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/sc
ience/environment/global-warming/gwoverview.html
Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung
http://www.pik-potsdam.de/infodesk/climatechange-knowledge-in-a-nutshell
WWF International
http://panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/cl
imate_change/problems/global_warming/in
dex.cfm
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/w
iki/Climate_change
Kids - Create Your Future
http://www.kidsforfuture.net/