The Europeam Dream. A vision of Europe in Times of change and Challenge 1.

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The Europeam Dream. A vision of Europe in Times of change and Challenge 1

Human Causes of climate change Use of fossil fuels Deforestation Toxic wastes 2

Use of fossil fuels Use of fossil fuels has two principal outcomes Greenhouse gases Acid rain 3

Deforestation Deforestation has 3 main outcomes AtmosphericHydrologicalBiodiversity loss 4

Toxic wastes Radioactive Uranium deposits Chemical products spill 5

Problems caused by climate change Sea-level rise Public health problems Ozone layer’s hole 6

Sea-level rise 7

Public health problems 8

Ozone layer’s hole 9

EU initiatives against contamination problems Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol Improving the energy efficiency Supporting use of renewable energy sources Supporting CCS technologies 10

Kyoto protocol 11

Energy efficiency improvement 12

Renewable sources increase 13

CCS technologies 14

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