CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON THIRD WORLD

PROGRAMME  FIND OUT FACTS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE THIRD WORLD  OUR CHALLENGE: TO CREATE AN AWARENESS RAISING CAMPAIGN USING DIFFERENT MEDIUMS (Posters, Video Clips, Live Show…..)

With climate change weather patterns may change, producing more heat waves, droughts, floods and violent storms With climate change weather patterns may change, producing more heat waves, droughts, floods and violent storms

Countries contributing less to climate change suffer the most. Countries contributing less to climate change suffer the most.

Co2 EMISSIONS

CLIMATE CHANGE

DROUGHT AND HUNGER Scientists say rising global temperatures will condemn millions to hunger this century. In a United Nations report, they say agricultural production will decline in Asia and Africa, while Australia and New Zealand will become short of water.

Climate change exacerbates the vulnerability of Third World countries

The beautiful ice fields on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa could completely melt away in the next 20 years

MELTING GLACIERS The glaciers are like natural dams. They store the snow in the wet season and they melt in the dry season and bring water flow to the rivers. Melting could have serious repercussions for drinking water supply, crop irrigation, hydroelectric production and tourism.

A short-term problem is Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (Glof), the result of shrinking glaciers and melting ice that causes lakes to grow and breach loose moraine walls, sending huge floods of water, mud and boulders downstream. In 1985 a glacial lake burst in Khumbu in the Everest region, killing at least 20 people and washing away a hydropower station, the trekking trail to Everest base camp and numerous bridges Today villagers in the Himalaya spend days in freezing water scooping out the melted ice from lakes threatening their communities.

The rapid melting of Himalayan glaciers will first increase the volume of water in rivers, causing widespread flooding. But in a few decades this situation will change and the water level in rivers will decline, meaning massive eco and environmental problems for people in western China, Nepal and northern India.

BANGLADESH FLOODS  The people who live on Char Bangla are among the most vulnerable anywhere to a rise in sea level.  "I have to work hard because of my misfortune," said Abdul Razzak. "There's lots of suffering here. Sometimes the tide is four or five feet high. Then I can't sleep because I have to stay standing up."  The villagers have built up platforms of mud for their straw huts to try to keep them out of the water.  They have planted trees hoping the roots will bind the soil to stop it being washed away.

Millions of people in low-lying countries may be forced to migrate. But over the long term their efforts will almost certainly be in vain. Some estimate that the rise in sea level at the top end of the IPCC forecast is predicting will leave at least a fifth of Bangladesh under water. And it is not just coastal areas that are under threat. Bangladesh's rivers are expected to flood even more frequently.

HURRICANES According to some scientists, the ferocity and frequency of hurricanes in the Caribbean last year were caused by warming water in the Atlantic.

FOREST FIRES WITH DROUGHT LARGE SCALE FOREST FIRES ARE MAKING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ILL FROM SMOKE AND SMOG INHALATION, AS WELL AS DESTROYING NATURAL HABITAT AND WILD LIFE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA, BUT ALSO IN SOUTHERN EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA

EPIDEMICS Wold Health Organizations says climate change is now causing 5 Million cases of ill health and more than 150,000 death per year. This will double in next 20 years. As the climate gets warmer so diseases spread more easily.

AIR POLLUTION WHO* says 3m people a year are killed by outdoor air pollution *WHO= World Health Organisation

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YOUR CHALLENGE PREPARE AN AWARENESS RAISING CAMPAIGN ON THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

WHAT COULD A CAMPAIGN INCLUDE? BRAINSTORM

Things that can be included in a campaign A slogan Posters Video clips A song A show/ singing/ dancing/acting out….

WHO DOES WHAT? You need to decide: What are the different jobs to get the task done (including a campaign coordinator)? What talents do you have to offer? Assign responsibilities Get on with the job…………..