What is happening to the climate?
The facts you need to know about the Climate Emergency
The science of climate change is well established:
- Climate change is real and human activities are the main cause. (IPCC*)
- The concentration of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is directly linked to the average global temperature on Earth. (IPCC)
- The concentration has been rising steadily, and mean global temperatures along with it, since the time of the Industrial Revolution. (IPCC)
- The most abundant greenhouse gas, accounting for about two-thirds of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2), is largely the product of burning fossil fuels. (IPCC)
Declaring a Climate Emergency
Many local authorities, including Gedling and Nottingham, have declared a climate emergency.
Greenhouse Gases
This piechart shows the relative proportions goes contributing to Global Warming
United States Environmental Protection Agency
It is mostly Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide is released when fossil fuels are burnt
Fossil fuels include coal, oil, petrol, diesel and gas
We need to stop using these as soon as possible but this impacts all our lives through transport, heating our homes and much of the electricity we generate in this country
It is a big ask but if we don't ACT NOW, the results will be catastrophic
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