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Friends of the Earth • an environmental pressure group
• 100,000 supporters • 200 local groups • 60 countries around the world
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Climate Change A UK citizen creates nine times as much CO2 as the average Indian and over 100 times more than the average Malawian
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Impacts Globally • warming • sea-level rise • storms, floods, droughts
• the rich pollute, but the poor suffer most
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Impacts Locally • warmer, wetter winters, • hotter, dryer summers
• increased flooding • more storms • habitats at risk
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Acting globally • Rio • Kyoto • George Bush • 60-80% by 2050
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Acting Nationally • a world leader • UK Climate Programme
• Energy White Paper
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Dump Nukes • waste • danger • cost • inflexibility
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Clean Coal • dirty • inefficient • a quick fix • carbon caps
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Green Power • Abundant • Diverse • Cheaper • 20% by 2020
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Acting locally • 1,024,800 people • 164,306 ha • no coastline
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Acting Locally • biomass • solar • micro-hydro • wind
• heat, electricity, transport
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Stop Esso • against Kyoto • no money for renewables
• funds sceptics and lobbyists • funds George ‘W’ Bush
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