Solutions
Climate change through global warming can be tackled ‘globally’ and ‘locally’.
These actions are aimed at slowing climate change and to ultimately stabilise it.
International actions:
Global strategies already in place due to International Conventions:
- Kyoto Protocol which aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions: unfortunately not all countries have agreed with the targets that have been set.
- Montreal Protocol which aims to stop the use of CFCs and find suitable ‘environmentally’ friendly substitutes.
Other global strategies to slow climate change:
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Prof. Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, discusses on how global warming may affect each of us. Watch the video (Requires Flash)
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- Reduce deforestation: forests absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide for photosynthesis.
- Afforestation: plant trees to absorb carbon dioxide.
- Reduce methane emissions: some areas are easier to tackle than others such as methane from land-fill sites and leakage from gas pipelines and mining.
- Increase energy saving and conservation in homes and industry.
- Greater use of renewable sources of energy supply.
Actions by individuals: think ‘global’ but act ‘local’. - Roll your mouse over each picture to learn more.
Activities
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