Climate Change Flashcards
What is climate change defined as?
The UK Met Office defines it as the ‘large-scale, long-term shift in the planet’s weather patterns or average temperatures.
Government response to climate change.
In 2015, just under 200 countries signed the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Conference on Climate Change which committed the signatories to keeping global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius.
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
Hundreds of countries signed up to reduce the amount of carbon emissions.
Occurred in 1990.
What was the American response to the Kyoto Protocol - George H W Bush.
‘The American way of life is not negotiable’.
What are the biggest effects of climate change?
Shrinking of ice caps.
Rising sea levels.
Variation in rainfalls.
Increase in freak weathers - floods and tornadoes.
Case Study - Bangladesh.
Cyclones and flooding in Bangladesh over the past few decades have caused tens of thousands lost lives.
Case Study - Northern England.
The flooding in Northern England in 2015 destroyed thousands of homes and places of businesses, causing major disruption and no small amount of human misery.
