1. The trouble with fossil fuels 1 A Christian Aid primary assembly

2. Which of these are fossils? 2

3. Carbon is in lots of things… 3

4. Coal can be burned. 4

5. Coal was once used in steam trains – and is still used in some power stations to make electricity. 5

6. Burning coal releases carbon dioxide, which adds to climate change. 6

7. Climate change is changing weather patterns. 7

8. People are thinking up new ways to capture energy. 8

9. Lots of people are asking the government to stop fossil fuels. 9

10. 10 Image credits: slides 1-6: Wikimedia Commons (see slide notes for full credits); slide 7: Christian Aid/Lilly Peel; slide 8: Christian Aid/G M B Akash/Panos Pictures; slide 9: John Philips/Getty Images, for Climate Coalition