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1. What is the climate change?

2. `Weather and Climate are not same

3. What is climate change?
• Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and
weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as through
variations in the solar cycle. But since the 1800s, human activities
have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning
fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

4. Humans and wild animals face new challenges for survival
because of climate change. More frequent and intense
drought, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting
glaciers and warming oceans can directly harm animals,
destroy the places they live, and wreak havoc on people’s
livelihoods and communities.

6. Sea levels are rising and oceans are becoming warmer. Longer, more intense droughts
threaten crops, wildlife and freshwater supplies. From polar bears in the Arctic to marine
turtles off the coast of Africa, our planet’s diversity of life is at risk from the changing
climate.
Climate change poses a fundamental threat to the places, species and people’s livelihoods
WWF works to protect. To adequately address this crisis we must urgently reduce carbon
pollution and prepare for the consequences of global warming, which we are already
experiencing. WWF works to:
Climate change has an impact on turtle nesting sites. It
alters sand temperatures, which then affects the sex of
hatchlings.

11. • The Amazon is critical to our efforts to avoid a climate catastrophe. Water vapor
released from the Amazon creates vast “flying rivers” in the atmosphere, which
influence rainfall and thus agricultural production in central and southern South
America. And the billions of tons of carbon stored in the Amazon rain forest is of
global importance to slowing climate change.
• But the Amazon is threatened by rising deforestation. Unprecedented droughts
are happening with growing frequency. Dry seasons are hotter and longer. Long
dry spells wither crops, decimate fisheries, and lead to forest fires. This can result
in significant shifts in the makeup of ecosystems and a loss of species.
• According to many notable scientists, including longtime friend of WWF Tom
Lovejoy, the Amazon is close to a tipping point past which it will no longer be able
to sustainably support itself. To ensure the Amazon’s future, for its people and
biodiversity, deforestation in the region should not exceed 20%, and it is already
at 18%. Our vision is one of zero net deforestation in the Amazon to safeguard
this globally important ecosystem.

12. What aWhat are the solutions to climate change? the solutions to climate change?
Climate change is happening now, and it’s the most serious threat to life on our planet. Fortunately, there are plenty of solutions to climate change, they are well-understood.
In 2015, world leaders signed a major treaty called the Paris agreement, to put these solutions into practice.
Core to all climate change solutions is reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which must get to zero as soon as possible.
Because both forests and oceans play vitally important roles in regulating our climate, increasing the natural ability of forests and oceans to absorb carbon dioxide can also help
stop global warming.
The main ways to stop climate change are to pressure government and business to:
•Keep fossil fuels in the ground. Fossil fuels include coal, oil and gas – and the more that are extracted and burned, the worse climate change will get. All countries need to
move their economies away from fossil fuels as soon as possible.
•Invest in renewable energy. Changing our main energy sources to clean and renewable energy is the best way to stop using fossil fuels. These include technologies like
solar, wind, wave, tidal and geothermal power.
•Switch to sustainable transport. Petrol and diesel vehicles, planes and ships use fossil fuels. Reducing car use, switching to electric vehicles and minimising plane travel will
not only help stop climate change, it will reduce air pollution too.
•Help us keep our homes cosy. Homes shouldn’t be draughty and cold – it’s a waste of money, and miserable in the winter. The government can help households heat our
homes in a green way – such as by insulating walls and roofs and switching away from oil or gas boilers to heat pumps.
•Improve farming and encourage vegan diets. One of the best ways for individuals to help stop climate change is by reducing their meat and dairy consumption, or by going
fully vegan. Businesses and food retailers can improve farming practices and provide more plant-based products to help people make the shift.
•Restore nature to absorb more carbon. The natural world is very good at cleaning up our emissions, but we need to look after it. Planting trees in the right places or giving
land back to nature through ‘rewilding’ schemes is a good place to start. This is because photosynthesising plants draw down carbon dioxide as they grow, locking it away in
soils.

14. 1. BECAUSE SNOW LEOPARDS, TURTLES AND
POLAR BEARS ARE AWESOME
Climate change will mean big changes for animals around
the world. So if we care about incredible species, we must
care about how a changing climate will make it harder for
them to find food, and decrease their habitats – from
forest to sea ice to the UK’s rivers and chalk streams.

16. • . BECAUSE CORAL REEFS ARE AMAZING
• Finding Nemo or Dory may become harder as their beautiful homes crumble under the
stress of our changing climate. Warmer air and ocean temperatures cause coral
bleaching, where corals lose their colour and may die. Ocean acidification – from
increased CO2 in the atmosphere – compounds the problem. Today, the ocean is 26%
more acidic than it was in 1990, and the Great Barrier Reef has just experienced
unprecedented back-to-back bleaching events in 2016 and 2017. Climate change is very
bad news for anyone hoping to see the Great Barrier Reef one day.
• 4. BECAUSE WE ALL NEED CLEAN WATER
• Did you know that 2 in every 3 people worldwide live in regions of severe water scarcity?
Even a small increase in global temperatures will destabilise the water cycle and could
make water scarcity much worse. Climate change affects rainfall patterns, meaning both
drought and flooding will be more common, and more intense. And although it’s hardly
comparable with life-threatening floods, climate change may already be making you late
for work.

17. 5. BECAUSE WE ALL HATE THE SIGHT OF
POLITICIANS IN WELLIES
Globally temperature records have been broken in recent
years, and flooding in the UK gets worse. Year after year
we’ve seen politicians wading through floods in Somerset,
hopping into dinghies in Cornwall and arguing with each
other in Westminster. More frequent and more intense
extreme weather is a documented result of our
greenhouse gas emissions, and the annual cost of
flooding in the UK could increase 15-fold by the 2080s.
We need to see politicians taking serious action on
reducing the UK's carbon footprint, not looking for the next
photo opportunity.
6. BECAUSE RAINFORESTS ARE INCREDIBLE
Unique, irreplaceable, and often described as ‘the world’s
lungs’, rainforests are some of the most precious habitats
on the planet. They really are amazing; the Amazon, for
example, is home to an astonishing 1 in 10 of all the
known species on Earth. Yet over a third of the Amazon
rainforest is already threatened by climate change. It’s a
double-edged sword too: worldwide, forest destruction –
mainly for agriculture – is a major cause of climate
change, generating an incredible amount of greenhouse
gases.

18. 7. BECAUSE WE ALL DESERVE TO BREATHE CLEAN
AIR
With increasing carbon emissions, it stands to reason that
we face compromised air quality. This affects human
health, especially children. Air pollution can lead to
asthma, heart and lung disease. Beijing’s insidious smog
is a visible reminder of this, but bad air quality is also
making headlines in the UK, and has been labelled a
‘public health emergency’ by MPs.
8. BECAUSE CLEAN TECH IS EXCITING
It’s not all bad news. Some of the biggest advancements
in technology over the past few years have come from
trying to limit, and come up with alternatives to, humanity’s
CO2 dependency. Solar panels, wave-energy conversion
and wind farms are allowing us to harness the power of
nature in a clean way, harvesting energy without harming
our environment or destroying habitats. Meanwhile nifty
gadgets – like the Wall-E sized robot that can insulate
your house to save energy – are helping to cut carbon in
unexpected places. More of this technology could mean a
cleaner, healthier future for us and our planet – because
clean tech doesn’t just help nature, it also has the
potential to build better, more accessible and people-
friendly cities.

19. 9. BECAUSE WE ARE ALL AFFECTED, NO MATTER WHERE IN THE WORLD WE LIVE
Climate change won’t just impact forest, or coral reefs, or even people in far-off countries – it will affect all of
us. From more extreme weather to increasing food prices, to recreation and decreased opportunities to
appreciate the natural world, people everywhere will feel its effects. Reducing our carbon footprint is
fundamentally necessary to create a world where people and nature thrive – and that’s why WWF is working
on it.
10. BECAUSE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS
We are fortunate to live in a beautiful, diverse, nurturing, awe-inspiring planet. Our children, and all future
generations, deserve the same.
If you’re feeling worried by now, you’re not alone. Millions of people are working together for our planet. Events
like Earth Hour are a brilliant reminder that together, humanity is capable of great things, and we can make
change happen for the right reasons.
Already, so much has changed since we first heard about the possible effect of climate change. Beginning with
the Rio Earth Summit, then the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, action on a global scale is speeding
up. Now it is more important than ever that we use our action, our votes and our voices to tell political and
business leaders that action on climate is absolutely essential.