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OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING

THEN AND NOWBig changes in a short time

20151800s 2100THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING

CO2 EMISSIONS

GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURE

SEA LEVELS

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

LOSS OF GLACIAL ICE

400ppm >800ppm260ppm

+20cm+0 +1m

+0.8°C+0°C +4°C

WHO IS TO BLAME?HUMANS

Greenhouse Gas EmissionsEg. Fossil fuels

MOTHER NATURE

External FactorsEg. Solar Activity

-0.1°C - 0.1°C

0.5°C - 1.3°C

-0.1°C - 0.1°C

Internal Factors

95% confidentglobal temperature rise

is due to human input

97% of climate experts & scientific literature agree

humans are causing global warming

Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change

Independent climate scientists

Eg. Ocean Cycles

OR

CLIMATE CHANGEthe stark reality

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment, 2013

IPCC) 5th Assessment, 2014

IPCC 5th Assessment, 2014

IPCC 5th Assessment, 2014