climate change

• managing climate change

  1. carbon capture
  2. alternative energy resources
  3. plant trees
  4. international agreement
• carbon capture is where co2 released from burning fossil fuels is collected and compressed using technology then injected and piped underground however this is not yet economically viable
• alternative energy is using sources like tidal and hydroelectric power

  1. 87% of co2 emissions comes from burning fossil fuels
  2. by 2020 the government wanted to have 15% renewable energy
• trees are carbon sinks and release moisture which forms clouds and reflects incoming solar radiation
• international agreements include 2015 paris agreement of tyng to stop wold temps breaking 1.5
• adapting to climate change

  1. agriculture
  2. climate change
• in agriculture people are adapting to things like crop resistant crops and irrigations systems to manage water for example in gambia they are using irrigation
• rising sea level have risen 20cm since 1900 which can cause erosion and contaminated fresh waters , houses are built on stilts ad coastal walls being introduced also restoration of mangrove forests which trap sediments in their roots
• environmental impacts

  1. adelie penguin extinct threat
  2. ice animals lose their habitats
• social impacts

  1. food shortage
  2. skin cancer
• economic impacts

  1. flooded shops
  2. decreased yield
  3. less tourism