CLIMATE

CHANGE
What is Climate Change?
Long-term shifts in temperatures and
weather patterns;

Changes in:
• Oceans
• Land surfaces
• Ice sheets
 Causes of Climate Change

Generating power Using

transportation

Manufacturing Cutting down

goods trees
Generating power
• Burning coal, oil, or gas
• Produces carbon dioxide
and nitrous oxide
• Causes global emissions
Manufacturing goods
• Burns fossil fuels
• Releases gases
• Runs on coal, oil, or gas
• One of the largest contributors to greenh
gas emissions
The manufacturing industry is one of
the largest contributors to greenhouse
gas emissions worldwide
Cutting down forests
• Releases carbon trees have been storing
• Limits the ability to keep emissions out of the atmosphere
• Responsible for roughly a quarter of global gas emissions

Using transportation
• Major contributor of carbon dioxide emissions
• Combustion of petroleum-based products
• Accounts for nearly one quarter of global energy-related emissions
 The world’s top emitters of CO2
Russia
1,748

EU
3,457
China
11,256
USA
5,275

Megatonnes of India
CO2 per year 2,522
The greenhouse effect

Atmosphere
Consequences of Climate Change

Hotter temperatures A warming, rising

ocean

More severe storms Loss of species

 Hotter temperatures
• Global temperature rises
• More hot days and heat waves
• Increased illnesses
• Wildfires start easily
More severe storms
• Intense, frequent storms
• Extreme rainfall and flooding
• Destroys homes and communities
• Causes death and economic loss
 Loss of species
A warming, rising ocean • Losing species at a rate 1000 times
greater than at any other time
• One million species at the risk of
• The ocean soaks up the heat
becoming extinct
• Ocean’s volume increases
• Threatens coastal communities
• The Ocean absorbs CO2 making it acidic
 Actions to take

Plant trees Save energy at home

Reduce, reuse, recycle Drive electric vehicles

Use renewable energy Compost your food

Thank you for your attention

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 Resources
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