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KidsCall – Save Life on Earth!
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Climate Change
GlobalImpact!
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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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Our Earth is in danger!
Hurricanes
Famines
Lack of Water
Extinction of millions of species
FloodsDroughts
Extreme weather conditions
Sealife Extinction
Glaciers + polar ice caps melting
Sea levels rising
Climate Refugees
Desertification
Food Insecurity
Global warming
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Who is effected?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.
Europe: Extreme weather including increased heat 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.
Latin America: By mid-century, projected replacement of tropical forest by savanna in eastern Amazonia. Water stress. Droughts.
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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Climate Change
What‘s causingclimate change?
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Agricultural FertilizationTransportation and energy production – Land use and deforestation
Transport and EnergyFactory farming - Burning waste and fossil fuels
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Power production
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Transportation
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Deforestation
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Factory farming
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Areas are proportional to historic carbon dioxid emissions from fossil fuel combustion, 1900 – 1990
Industrialized Developing
Souce: World Resources Institute, http://ww.wri.orgMap by Equator Graphics, Inc.
Where do the polluters live?
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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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We have to change
our habits & consumption,
and we have to change policies!
respect the planet, save resources,
What can YOU do to Stop Climate
Change? Act local – Think global!
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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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SAVE LIFEON EARTH!
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Thank you for your attention!
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changehttp://www.ipcc.ch/
Greenpeace Internationalhttp://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/climate-change
WWF Internationalhttp://panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/problems/global_warming/index.cfm
BBC Climate Changehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/portal/climate_change/default.stm
National Geographichttp://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/environment/global-warming/
gw-overview.html
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change
Deutsche Wellehttp://www.dw3d.de/dw/0,2142,11798,00.html
Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschunghttp://www.pik-potsdam.de/infodesk/climate-
change-knowledge-in-a-nutshell
Kids - Create Your Futurehttp://www.kidsforfuture.net/
Links for Further Reading