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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