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Climate change
Climate change refers to significant alterations in weather patterns that persist over extended periods and can result from natural and human-induced factors. Its impacts include rising temperatures, changing landscapes, threats to wildlife, and increased extreme weather events, leading to economic losses and health issues. Mitigation and adaptation strategies are essential, with individuals encouraged to take action to reduce their environmental footprint.
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Climate change
- 2. WHAT IS CLIMATECHANGE ? • Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events)
- 4. CLIMATE CHANGE INAFRICA
- 5. CAUSES OF CLIMATECHANGE • Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions. Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent climate change, often referred to as global warming
- 8. BREAKDOWN OF EACHCOUNTRY'S UNIQUE FINGERPRINT ON CLIMATE WARMING, DISPLAYING TEMPERATURE CATEGORIES FOR FOSSIL-FUEL EMISSIONS OF CO2
- 9. IMPACT OF CLIMATECHANGE • Higher temperature • Changing Landscapes • Wildlife at risk • Rising seas • Stronger storms and increased storm damage • More heat related illness and diseases • Economic losses • Increased risk of drought, Fire and Floods
- 13. SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATECHANGE • Mitigation • Adaptation
- 16. INDIVIDUAL ACTION POINTS Everyonehas a role to play, every effort counts
- 17. WHAT IS MYROLE? • Exercise more, walk or use a bike. • Use energy saving bulbs and switch off lights when done • Unplug appliances that are not in use. • Use reusable shopping bags. • Dry your hair thoroughly before using a hair drier • Use a glass of water when brushing your teeth to minimize water usage. • When boiling water fill it with just enough water.
- 18. REGIONAL OR GLOBALACTION
- 19. GLOBAL ACTION ANDCOMMITMENTS
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