Presentation made by the German students on climate change and global warming. Teacher: Dr. Rajinder Singh.

1. GTS 2001 Haupt- und Realschule
Ferdinand Salfer Str. 3, 28857 Syke, Germany

2. Our talk is divided into two parts: First we
shall say, what we found in the school text
books on climate change. In the end we shall
show – where stands Germany in CO2
emmission? What is public opinion and what
is being done to reduce greenhouse gases?

3. *Our class analysed 25 Chemistry and
Physics text books. Only in three
books, the topic „climate change“ is
dealt with.

4. 1.Natural
2.„Artificial“ or „human made“

5. Without natural green house effect the
earth temperature will be (-18°C).

6. Water vapours
CO2
Nitrates-oxides
Ozone
Biogas

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8. CO2
Biogas
Nitrate-oxides
Chloro-fluorocarbon
Ozone

10. *“THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE HAS STOPPED
RISING
*THE EARTH HAS BEEN WARMER IN THE
RECENT PAST (The Arctic was warmer in the
1930s than it is today).
*COMPUTER MODELS ARE NOT RELIABLE
*CLIMATE IS MAINLY INFLUENCED BY THE SUN
*WATER VAPOUR IS BIGGER GREENHOUSE GAS
THAN CO2”

12. *Germany- 6th
*U.K. -7th
*Italy – 9th
*France-11
*Poland -17
*Turkey – 20
*Netherlands 21
*Greece - 33
*Romania - 34
*Portugal - 39
*Latvia-94

13. *“Car Clash: Germany Blocks CO2 Reduction Deal”
*“…. In the end, Germany got its way and managed
to delay an EU decision on lowering the amount of
CO2 European-made cars may emit.”
*Why so?
The argument from the politicians is that
the Germany export and economy heavily depend on
the car industry.

15. *If the German economy does not react at
the right time, the destruction due to
climate change may cause 800 Billion Euro
until 2050.
*„Greenpeace“ wants the German
Government to reduce CO2 up to 40 %
until 2020!, and
*From the EU and industrial countries the
reduction up to 30 %.

16. Thanks are due to our hosts for their hospitality and
giving us an opportunity to present our results.
Last but not least, we thank our Headmaster
Mr. R. Goltermann, Mrs. Simone Treunhart (our class
teacher) and Dr. Rajinder Singh (our physics teacher
and Comenius project coordinator) for supporting
us.