climate change & what you can do to stop climate chaos
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Climate Change & What YOU can DO to stop Climate
Chaos
Why is the climate changing?
More of this...
and more of this...
and even some of this...
Photo: Lancin Auriane
FART!
BURP!
= more greenhouse pollution
and a hotter planet.
Right now, we have much more Carbon
Dioxide than humans have ever known.
Modern humans evolve
So what does all this mean
for our future?
Earth will get hotter…
SOURCE: Met Office, UK. Global Temperature Anomaly
Changes in rainfall…
Photo: Jenny Rollo
The Murray Darling Basin is drying up
The Great Barrier Reef
The “Not-So-Great” Barrier
Reef
Photo: Charles J Stagg
Sea-level rise
If global average warming exceeded 1.9°C for long enough, the Greenland ice sheet would melt, resulting in a sea level rise of
about 7 m.
From the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 2007
Source: http://flood.firetree.net
Brisbane under 7m
Climate RefugeesLow lying areas are vulnerable to
sea level rise.
SOURCE: Gary Braasch, www.braaschphotography.com/
Weather gone weird
Our future climate is our choice
First step – Calculate your impact
Eco-footprint
Meat and animal products
33%
Clothing14%
Housing construction
11%
Other services10%
Services8%
Non-meat foods8%
Other goods7%
Personal care products
1%Furniture and
appliances2%
Transport6%
Reduce your impact
Individual actionAND
Political Action
What sort of laws?What sort of laws?
•Emission Trading Schemes: putting a price on emitting greenhouse gases
•Renewable Energy Targets
•Building Public Transport
•Regulations for coal stations
•Protecting forests from deforestation
Even bigger laws…
Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol
… … The New Kyoto ProtocolThe New Kyoto Protocol
So, what can you do?Write a message saying…Write a message saying…
What you care about…Examples: my future, rivers, coral reefs, climate refugees, family
and friends, polar bears
What you want the Government to do…Examples: Lead in climate negotiations
Make huge reductions in greenhouse gas emissionsStop cutting down forestsHelp developing countries adaptMake more renewable energy and public transport
Include your name, age and post code
“Never underestimate the ability of a small group of dedicated people to change the world. Indeed, it is all that ever has” Margaret Mead
Acknowledgements
This presentation was put together by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, an umbrella organisation representing youth organisations around Australia.
The AYCC would like to acknowledge the following organisations for their contributions: ASCENT www.ascent.org.au United Nations Youth Association Engineers Without Boarders The Purves Environmental Fund