Case Study 16: Climate Change
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- Case Study 16: Climate Change
- Key Terms:
- Climate Change: long term change in the world's atmosphere including a rise in average global temperatures and changes in rainfall along with other weather patterns
- Natural Greenhouse Effect: layer of gases that surrounds the Earth which helps keep temperature 33 degrees higher than it would normally be
- Enhanced Greenhouse Effect: increasing amounts of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere from human activities
- NGO's: any non-profit, voluntary citizens' group
- Local actions:
- Installing solar panels and insulation in peoples houses
- Using pubic transport
- Using energy efficient appliances
- Buying local or fresh produce not frozen and imported
- National actions:
- Set up incentive to help individuals and companies to install cavity loft insulation and solar panels
- Develop renewable energy
- Improve public transports
- International actions:
- UN meetings to discuss what can be done to limit climate change
- Began in 1992 with Rio Earth Summit
- Each country has aims to cut down their emissions and to introduce carbon credits
- Carbon credits are where companies have to buy credits to emit certain amounts of carbon.
- The idea is the cost of buying will encourage less emissions. Credits can be bought or sold if more of fewer emissions are released
- Carbon credits are where companies have to buy credits to emit certain amounts of carbon.
- UN meetings to discuss what can be done to limit climate change
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