CLIMATE CHANGE

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CLIMATE CHANGE

• IMPACT ON THIRD WORLD

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PROGRAMME

• FIND OUT FACTS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS
  IMPACT ON THE THIRD WORLD
• OUR CHALLENGE TO CREATE AN AWARENESS RAISING
  CAMPAIGN USING DIFFERENT MEDIUMS (Posters, Video
  Clips, Live Show..)

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• With climate change weather patterns may
  change, producing more heat waves, droughts,
  floods and violent storms

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• Countries contributing less to climate change
  suffer the most.

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Co2 EMISSIONS
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CLIMATE CHANGE
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DROUGHT AND HUNGER

• Scientists say rising global temperatures will
  condemn millions to hunger this century.
• In a United Nations report, they say
  agricultural production will decline in Asia
  and Africa, while Australia and New Zealand will
  become short of water.

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Climate change exacerbates the vulnerability of
Third World countries
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The beautiful ice fields on the top of Mount
Kilimanjaro in East Africa could completely melt
away in the next 20 years
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MELTING GLACIERS

• The glaciers are like natural dams. They store
  the snow in the wet season and they melt in the
  dry season and bring water flow to the rivers.
• Melting could have serious repercussions for
  drinking water supply, crop irrigation,
  hydroelectric production and tourism.

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• A short-term problem is Glacial Lake Outburst
  Flood (Glof), the result of shrinking glaciers
  and melting ice that causes lakes to grow and
  breach loose moraine walls, sending huge floods
  of water, mud and boulders downstream.
• In 1985 a glacial lake burst in Khumbu in the
  Everest region, killing at least 20 people and
  washing away a hydropower station, the trekking
  trail to Everest base camp and numerous bridges
• Today villagers in the Himalaya spend days in
  freezing water scooping out the melted ice from
  lakes threatening their communities.

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• The rapid melting of Himalayan glaciers will
  first increase the volume of water in rivers,
  causing widespread flooding.
• But in a few decades this situation will change
  and the water level in rivers will decline,
  meaning massive eco and environmental problems
  for people in western China, Nepal and northern
  India.

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BANGLADESH FLOODS

• The people who live on Char Bangla are among the
  most vulnerable anywhere to a rise in sea level.
• "I have to work hard because of my misfortune,"
  said Abdul Razzak. "There's lots of suffering
  here. Sometimes the tide is four or five feet
  high. Then I can't sleep because I have to stay
  standing up."
• The villagers have built up platforms of mud for
  their straw huts to try to keep them out of the
  water.
• They have planted trees hoping the roots will
  bind the soil to stop it being washed away.

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• Millions of people in low-lying countries may be
  forced to migrate. But over the long term their
  efforts will almost certainly be in vain.
• Some estimate that the rise in sea level at the
  top end of the IPCC forecast is predicting will
  leave at least a fifth of Bangladesh under water.
  
• And it is not just coastal areas that are under
  threat. Bangladesh's rivers are expected to flood
  even more frequently.

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HURRICANES
According to some scientists, the ferocity and
frequency of hurricanes in the Caribbean last
year were caused by warming water in the
Atlantic.
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FOREST FIRES

• WITH DROUGHT LARGE SCALE FOREST FIRES ARE
  MAKING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ILL FROM SMOKE AND
  SMOG INHALATION, AS WELL AS DESTROYING NATURAL
  HABITAT AND WILD LIFE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH EAST
  ASIA, BUT ALSO IN SOUTHERN EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA
  AND AUSTRALIA

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EPIDEMICS

• Wold Health Organizations says climate change is
  now causing 5 Million cases of ill health and
  more than 150,000 death per year. This will
  double in next 20 years.
• As the climate gets warmer so diseases spread
  more easily.

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AIR POLLUTION
WHO says 3m people a year are killed by outdoor
air pollution
WHO World Health Organisation
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FIND OUT MORE

• USEFUL WEBSITES

http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2004/
planet http//www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/regional
http//yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf
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YOUR CHALLENGE

• PREPARE AN AWARENESS RAISING CAMPAIGN ON THE
  IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

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WHAT COULD A CAMPAIGN INCLUDE?

• BRAINSTORM

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Things that can be included in a campaign

• A slogan
• Posters
• Video clips
• A song
• A show/ singing/ dancing/acting out.

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WHO DOES WHAT?

• You need to decide
• What are the different jobs to get the task done
  (including a campaign coordinator)?
• What talents do you have to offer?
• Assign responsibilities
• Get on with the job..