Climate Change

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Climate Change What YOU can DO to stop Climate
Chaos
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Why is the climate changing?
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More of this...
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and more of this...
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and even some of this...
Photo Lancin Auriane
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more greenhouse pollution
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and a hotter planet.
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Right now, we have much more Carbon Dioxide than
humans have ever known.
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So what does all this mean for our future?
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Earth will get hotter
SOURCE Met Office, UK. Global Temperature Anomaly
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Changes in rainfall
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The Murray Darling Basin is drying up
Photo Jenny Rollo
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The Great Barrier Reef
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The Not-So-Great Barrier Reef
Photo Charles J Stagg
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Sea-level rise

If global average warming exceeded 1.9C for long
enough, the Greenland ice sheet would melt,
resulting in a sea level rise of about 7 m.
From the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 2007
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Brisbane under 7m
Source http//flood.firetree.net
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Climate Refugees
Low lying areas are vulnerable to sea level
rise.
SOURCE Gary Braasch, www.braaschphotography.com/
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Weather gone weird
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Our future climate
is our choice
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First step Calculate your impact
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Reduce your impact
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Individual actionANDPolitical Action
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What sort of laws?

• Emission Trading Schemes putting a price on
  emitting greenhouse gases
• Renewable Energy Targets
• Building Public Transport
• Regulations for coal stations
• Protecting forests from deforestation

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Even bigger laws
Kyoto Protocol The New Kyoto Protocol
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So, what can you do?
Write a message saying What you care
about Examples my future, rivers, coral
reefs, climate refugees, family and
friends, polar bears What you want the
Government to do Examples Lead in climate
negotiations Make huge reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions Stop cutting down
forests Help developing countries
adapt Make more renewable energy and public
transport Include your name, age and post
code
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If you want to do more

megan.ward_at_youthclimatecoalition.org www.aycc.org.
au
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Never underestimate the ability of a small group
of dedicated people to change the world. Indeed,
it is all that ever has Margaret Mead
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Acknowledgements

• This presentation was put together by the
  Australian Youth Climate Coalition, an umbrella
  organisation representing youth organisations
  around Australia.
• The AYCC would like to acknowledge the following
  organisations for their contributions
• ASCENT www.ascent.org.au
• United Nations Youth Association
• Engineers Without Boarders
• The Purves Environmental Fund