Responses to Climate Change
A mindmap on the responses to climate change on a local and global scale
- Created by: Saffira Ahlexis
- Created on: 05-03-13 16:43
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- Responses to Climate Change
- Global Scale
- 1992 UN 'Earth Summit' meeting
- Many descisions made by powerful countries is response to climate change
- First international environment treaty- aimed to stabalise GG emissions
- 1997- 2005 Kyoto Protocol
- Cut GG emissions by 5.2% cut down from 1990
- National Limit of emissions
- Carbon Credits
- 2007 Bali Climate Change conference
- 180 countries attended
- 1992 UN 'Earth Summit' meeting
- Local Scale
- Schools
- Livesimply
- Impact on world and sustainalility
- Church provided resources
- Energy efficient water and central heating systems
- Run on wind turbines/ solar panels
- Livesimply
- Local Councils
- UK national target = 15%
- 15% of UK's carbon emissions a produced by homes
- $ million pounds to councils to help meet goal
- Good councils help bad councils
- e.g. energy efficient light bulbs/ CHP scheme
- Local Interest Groups
- Manchester is my planet
- pledge campaign
- 20,000 pledgers
- Green badge parking permit
- 25% discount on parking permits for energy efficient cars
- pledge campaign
- Manchester is my planet
- Schools
- Non Governmental Organisations
- E.g. Greenpeace
- Fossil Fuels
- Changing gov policies > more sustainable
- Inefficient power stations
- 2/3 lost through waste heat
- Combined Heat power systems
- Less space in which fuel is burned > less wastage
- Renewable Resources
- Transport
- 22% of UK CO2 emissions
- Low Carbon cars
- Public transport
- Air traffic
- No more airports to be built
- Increase tax > less travellers
- Industry
- Buy Carbon Credit
- Reduce emissions
- E.g. Greenpeace
- Global Scale
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