Transcript Climate Change Countdown

CLIMATE CHANGE
COUNTDOWN
A workshop for sixth formers
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Countdown – three components
• Numbers game – calculation
• Conundrum – un-jumble letters
• Letters game
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Numbers game
Target number:
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Numbers solution
325-220 = 105
105-30 = 75
150/75 = 2
Source: www.danieltebbutt.com/countdown.html
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Climate change countdown
• 325 million livelihoods.
• 150 thousand deaths annually.
• 220 million people in Africa exposed to
drought annually.
• 4 billion people currently vulnerable globally.
• 1 billion people in Asia could face water
shortages
by 2050s.
• 30% predicted fall of crop yields in central
and south Asia.
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Tipping point!
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Omar’s carbon footprint?
• How often does he use public transport?
• Electricity?
• Fuel?
• Personal transport?
• Holidays?
• Read paper or magazine?
• Check his email?
• Charge his mobile phone?
• Listen to MP3 player?
• Any electrical appliances?
• Where does his food travel from?
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Country carbon footprints
Tonnes per person per year.
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Country carbon footprints
Tonnes per person per year.
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Conundrum 1
I G N I A T I M O T
M I T I G A T I O N
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Mitigation
Christian Aid/Brenda Hayward
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Conundrum 2
T I N P A D A O T A
A D A P T A T I O N
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Christian Aid/Elaine Duigenan
Adaptation
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Solving the conundrum
• Mitigation
Measures to
prevent or reduce
climate change.
• Adaptation
Adjusting lifestyle
and livelihoods to
live with the
consequences of
climate change.
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Read, reflect & discuss
‘The richer a nation or social class, the more
resources it uses, the more waste it creates,
the higher are its emissions, and the greater
is the consequent impact on the planet – and
especially on those without access to
resources (both rural and urban poor).’
Rajan Khosla, Christian Aid’s expert on climate change in India
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‘There should be a concerted effort by
everyone. Only a joint effort can really make
the planet safe.’
Periyasmai, 16, from India
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Concluding conundrum
G AN G I N P I MA C
C AM P A I G N I N G
Join in the climate change campaign at
www.christianaid.org.uk/ActNow
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