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Why climate change matters
Climate change threatens the necessities of life that we take for granted - access to food and water and political stability:
By 2080 half the world's population could face a shortage of water because of climate change.
By 2050 200 million people could be permanently displaced by floods, rising sea levels and droughts.
Food and water shortages could lead to migration and instability on a scale not seen before.
Climate change threatens the necessities of life that we take for granted - access to food and water and political stability:
By 2080 half the world's population could face a shortage of water because of climate change.
By 2050 200 million people could be permanently displaced by floods, rising sea levels and droughts.
Food and water shortages could lead to migration and instability on a scale not seen before.
Climate change may alter the world's habitats and ecosystems - all living things are included in and rely on these places. Many of these places depend on a delicate balance of rainfall, temperature, and soil type. A rapid change in climate could upset this balance and seriously endanger many living things.
Most past climate changes occurred slowly, allowing plants and animals to adapt to the new environment or move somewhere else. However, if future climate changes occur as rapidly as some scientists predict, plants and animals may not be able to react quickly enough to survive. The ocean's ecosystems also could be affected for the same reasons.
Most past climate changes occurred slowly, allowing plants and animals to adapt to the new environment or move somewhere else. However, if future climate changes occur as rapidly as some scientists predict, plants and animals may not be able to react quickly enough to survive. The ocean's ecosystems also could be affected for the same reasons.
Implications for the UK and Europe
The Met Office is currently producing a detailed set of climate change projections ever showing the risks of sea level rise, droughts and floods in Britain over the next 80 years.
The predications are expected to show areas of Norfolk could be flooded by seawater by the end of the century. Temperature increases mean London could experience temperatures of up to 41 degrees C by 2080 and East Anglia could experience 60 per cent less rainfall making agriculture increasingly difficult.
The implications of climate change for the UK seem relatively mild, at least compared to the implications for Asia and Africa. However if the rest of the world is on the move, or indeed at war, the impacts of climate change will be felt in the UK as much as anywhere else.
The implications of climate change for Europe as a whole are summarised in the following chart.
The predications are expected to show areas of Norfolk could be flooded by seawater by the end of the century. Temperature increases mean London could experience temperatures of up to 41 degrees C by 2080 and East Anglia could experience 60 per cent less rainfall making agriculture increasingly difficult.
The implications of climate change for the UK seem relatively mild, at least compared to the implications for Asia and Africa. However if the rest of the world is on the move, or indeed at war, the impacts of climate change will be felt in the UK as much as anywhere else.
The implications of climate change for Europe as a whole are summarised in the following chart.
I am sorry about the quality of this chart but I do think you can get a good idea of the scale of future problems from it
I would like to thank www.cooltheworld.co.uk for their kind permission to allow me to use some of their information on this website. I am sure that they feel the same as I do that the more people these issues are brought to, then there is a greater chance of something actually getting done. We must all remain aware of these problems as they are not going to go away on their own.
Why not have a look at www.cooltheworld.co.uk for lots more interesting information and interactive articles concerning climate change. Why not have a look at their carbon footprint calculator? It is fun but informative at the same time.
Thank you for reading this page and we hope you have got an understanding of the problems facing us all. John Wiltshire
Why not have a look at www.cooltheworld.co.uk for lots more interesting information and interactive articles concerning climate change. Why not have a look at their carbon footprint calculator? It is fun but informative at the same time.
Thank you for reading this page and we hope you have got an understanding of the problems facing us all. John Wiltshire
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