My Carbon Dioxide

Before we go any further let's have a look at what might happen over the next 100 years if global temperatures keep rising.

In Britain

• Average temperature may rise between 1.6 and 2 degrees Celsius
• 15 to 20% less rain in the south of England increasing the risk of drought.
• Animals and plants having to move north as the south of England becomes warmer.
• Rising sea levels resulting in coastal damage and flooding.
• Farmers will have to consider planting crops more suited to the new climate.

In the rest of the World

• The polar ice caps will start to melt.
• Bangladesh and other low lying countries could be flooded by storms and rising sea levels.
• Droughts in Africa could become more serious.
• Poor farmers in underdeveloped countries would find it difficult to adapt.
• Rapid climate change would result in plants dying out. Food chains would be affected and animals could also become extinct.

These are just a few of the possible consequences of climate change.

 

Some of these changes, both in the UK and around the world, may never happen quite the way we expect.

 

Do you think that it is worth taking the risk?

 

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