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2 Friends of the Earth • an environmental pressure group
• 100,000 supporters • 200 local groups • 60 countries around the world

3 Climate Change A UK citizen creates nine times as much CO2 as the average Indian and over 100 times more than the average Malawian

4 Impacts Globally • warming • sea-level rise • storms, floods, droughts
• the rich pollute, but the poor suffer most

5 Impacts Locally • warmer, wetter winters, • hotter, dryer summers
• increased flooding • more storms • habitats at risk

6 Acting globally • Rio • Kyoto • George Bush • 60-80% by 2050

7 Acting Nationally • a world leader • UK Climate Programme
• Energy White Paper

8 Dump Nukes • waste • danger • cost • inflexibility

9 Clean Coal • dirty • inefficient • a quick fix • carbon caps

10 Green Power • Abundant • Diverse • Cheaper • 20% by 2020

11 Acting locally • 1,024,800 people • 164,306 ha • no coastline

12 Acting Locally • biomass • solar • micro-hydro • wind
• heat, electricity, transport

13 Stop Esso • against Kyoto • no money for renewables
• funds sceptics and lobbyists • funds George ‘W’ Bush

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