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Climate ChangeClimate Changeand Global Warmingand Global Warming

Global WarmingGlobal Warming

What do you think about when somWhat do you think about when someone says eone says “global warming”“global warming” or or “climate change”?“climate change”?

全球变暖全球变暖

Global Warming Global Warming

Do we have a Do we have a dutyduty to protect the to protect the environment and the planet? environment and the planet?

Global WarmingGlobal Warming Global warming refers to the average rise Global warming refers to the average rise

in global temperatures since the late 19th in global temperatures since the late 19th Century. Century.

Global warming is predicted to have disasGlobal warming is predicted to have disastrous trous social and ecological (social and ecological ( 生态生态 )) conseq consequences, causing extreme weather and the uences, causing extreme weather and the disappearance of glaciers (disappearance of glaciers ( 冰川冰川 ).).

Effects of Global Effects of Global Warming Warming

Earthquakes and Earthquakes and tsunamis cause massive tsunamis cause massive loss of life. Tsunamis have loss of life. Tsunamis have become more common due become more common due to rising sea levelsto rising sea levels

Melting glaciers damages ecology in cold environments

Global Warming and Global Warming and HumansHumans

Scientists are more than 90% sure thScientists are more than 90% sure that global warming is caused by humaat global warming is caused by human activities, such as n activities, such as deforestationdeforestation an and the burning of d the burning of fossil fuels (fossil fuels ( 化石燃化石燃料料 ).).

China and Climate ChangeChina and Climate Change

China is the world’s largest emitter China is the world’s largest emitter (( 发射器发射器 ) of greenhouse gases () of greenhouse gases ( 温室气温室气体体 ), due to it’s large population and re), due to it’s large population and recent economic development. cent economic development.

A question…A question… Should China and other developing Should China and other developing

((发达发达 ) ) countries be allowed to pollute countries be allowed to pollute the environment more than western cthe environment more than western countries, because western countries hountries, because western countries have polluted more in the past? ave polluted more in the past?

Manchester during the Industrial Revolution, 1840

Smog in Beijing

The Good News!The Good News!

China is the largest renewable (China is the largest renewable ( 可再生能可再生能源源 ) energy producer and is reducing its r) energy producer and is reducing its reliance on fossil fuels (eliance on fossil fuels ( 化石燃料化石燃料 ). ).

From the United Nations (From the United Nations ( 联合国联合国 ) ) climate change articleclimate change article

True or false…True or false… The UN said global warming and The UN said global warming and

climate change are not problems. climate change are not problems.

Over 120 nations met to discuss how Over 120 nations met to discuss how to limit greenhouse gases. to limit greenhouse gases.

The UN report says that The UN report says that environmental disaster may still environmental disaster may still happen. happen.

True or False True or False People will have to buy cars and People will have to buy cars and

refrigerators that use less energy. refrigerators that use less energy.

Tackling climate change will cost Tackling climate change will cost 10% of world economic output. 10% of world economic output.

Rising temperatures are not such a Rising temperatures are not such a big problem now. big problem now.

Synonyms…Synonyms…Committee Committee

Strategy Strategy

Relatively Relatively

Range Range

ThreateningThreatening

Comparatively

Variety

Endangering

Panel

Plan

Synonyms…Synonyms…

Spending Spending

Addressing Addressing

Limit Limit

IndicateIndicate

Cap

Solving

Pointed out

Purchasing

What can we do to stop What can we do to stop climate change?climate change?

Walk and take public transport Walk and take public transport


Write a letter to Xi Jinping and ask him Write a letter to Xi Jinping and ask him to do more…to do more…


Replace your energy supply with Replace your energy supply with renewable energy renewable energy

Wind power Solar power


Recycle (Recycle ( 回收回收 ) everything you use…) everything you use…


Plant a tree in the forest…Plant a tree in the forest…


Stop using electricity and live like Stop using electricity and live like an Amish person!an Amish person!


Donate money to charities who are Donate money to charities who are trying to stop climate change…trying to stop climate change…

Rank (Rank ( 排名排名 ) these in in order o) these in in order of best to worst…f best to worst…

Walk and take public transport Walk and take public transport Write a letter to Xi Jinping Write a letter to Xi Jinping Change our energy supply to renewableChange our energy supply to renewable Recycle everything we use Recycle everything we use Plant a tree in the forest Plant a tree in the forest Stop using electricity!Stop using electricity! Donate money to climate change charitDonate money to climate change charit

ies ies

Global Warming Global Warming outcomes…outcomes…

Polar Bears and Penguins will become extinPolar Bears and Penguins will become extinctct

Winters will be colder Winters will be colder Malaria (Malaria (疟疾疟疾 )) will spread around the world will spread around the world Cockroaches (Cockroaches (蟑螂蟑螂 )) will be everywhere will be everywhere Water wars may break out between countriWater wars may break out between countri

es es Hurricanes (Hurricanes (飓风飓风 )) will be stronger will be stronger Countries may disappear into the sea Countries may disappear into the sea

Wave power Wave power

Hydroelectricity Hydroelectricity

Nuclear power Nuclear power

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