How people worldwide view climate change. April 22 is Earth Day, an annual event that highlights environmental concerns and encourages civic action.
This year’s Earth Day comes amid widespread global concern about climate change. Here are five facts about how people globally see climate change, drawn from a 2018 Pew Research Center survey on how people evaluate eight potential threats, as well as other polls conducted by the Center. (For more on how people in the United States see climate change, see our companion post, “How Americans see climate change in 5 charts.”) Majorities in most surveyed countries say global climate change is a major threat to their nation. Environment. - A la Une : World Environment Day (June 5th) Environment Week or Green Week is from June 5th to June 12th, Environment Day is on June 5th.
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Autres ressources, pages de liens (activist site) (for young students) Climate change artwork: Klagenfurt Football stadium becomes a forest - CBBC Newsround. GERT EGGENBERGER/AFP/Getty Images The installation was inspired by Austrian artist Max Peintner's drawing A football stadium in Austria has been transformed into a fully-fledged forest, complete with almost 300 trees, to make a statement about climate change and deforestation.
Swiss artist Klaus Littman, who designed the installation, has called it For Forest - The Unending Attraction of Nature. People can visit it at Wörthersee Stadion in Klagenfurt. The forest was inspired by a drawing Littman came across by artist Max Peintner, which imagines a world in which nature is only seen in specific spaces like animals in zoos. Max Peintner Peintner's drawing imagines a world where nature is confined to certain spaces Littman said he wanted to take trees that people see every day and make people really notice them. He said: "This forces people to question things that surround them and that they take for granted - in this case trees. " YouTube. 12 Female Climate Activists Who Are Saving the Planet. Why Global Citizens Should Care The United Nations argues that the world has less than 12 years to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half to avoid severe climate change consequences.
All around the world, young activists are fighting to achieve this goal. You can join us in taking action on related issues here. For the past 30 years, environmental activists have been calling on governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change. The world has less than 12 years to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half — a daunting task that would require a total transformation of the global economy — according to the United Nations. Yet even as the consequences of climate change become more stark with each passing year — floods and storms submerging coastlines more frequently, wildfires growing to new extremes, and droughts drying up critical sources of water — fossil fuel consumption continues to rise.
Take Action: Protect Our Oceans! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Climate Time Machine. Climate & Energy. What is climate change: facts for kids. We’ve all heard of it, but what is climate change and what is it doing to our planet? So, what is climate change? Climate change (or global warming), is the process of our planet heating up.
Scientists estimate that since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has caused the Earth to warm by approximately 1°C. While that might not sound like much, it means big things for people and wildlife around the globe. Unfortunately, rising temperatures don’t just mean that we’ll get nicer weather – if only! As temperatures rise, some areas will get wetter and lots of animals (and humans!) Check out our magazine! National Geographic Kids is an exciting monthly read for planet-passionate boys and girls, aged 6-13!
Packed full of fun features, jaw-dropping facts and awe-inspiring photos – it’ll keep you entertained for hours! Find our magazine in all good newsagents, or become a subscriber and have it delivered to your door! What causes climate change? 1. 2. 3. What is climate change?