Benefits/Issues raised-need for adequate warning, preparation and plans to deal with the impacts The sense of community developed in Tewkesbury during the flood has continued to some extent Signed up 73000 more people have signed up to the Environment Agency’s free flood warning system There are now 34,000 new flood defences protecting 30,000 homes There were plans to spend another billion to protect 145,000 homes over the next few years CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE UK Economic Major towns and cities in the UK will be flooded due to sea level rise. Example…(Liverpool, Edinburgh, Middlesborough, Kingston Upon Hull, London, Bristol, Preston, Carlisle, Great Yarmouth) Scottish ski resorts could be threatened with closure as snow becomes less common Low-lying Norfolk Broads, worth £5 million as a tourist destination, may become flooded. Sea levels could rise by 26-86cm by 2080 in the south-east, threatening low lying coastal cities such as London. Recently induced crops such as vines (grapes) and olives may prosper in southern England New crops such as oranges and peaches may be able to be grown in Southern Britain Intensive agriculture will be able to spread further north in Scotland Increased length of growing season promotes farming and increases food supply Accidents and disruption to transport will be less likely to occur in the winter, with less snow and ice on the roads Social Warm climate diseases such as Malaria may spread to the UK Heat-induced deaths may increase, particularly among the elderly Winter heating costs will go down People will holiday more in the UK, reducing the costs of family holidays. Environmental Artic plants in Scotland may face extinction Coastal erosion on soft-rock coastlines, such as north Norfolk will increase. Broadleaved trees could suffer in drought conditions, especially in Wales Increased demand for water in hotter summers will put added pressure on water supplies Coastal habitats such as salt marshes will become squeezed between the sea and coastal defences as sea levels rise
GAS SOURCE INDIVIDUAL LOCAL NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CARBON DIOXIDE Burning Fossil Fuels Conserve energy like turning off lights, putting things on stand by Grants offered to people to have loft and cavity insulation Look into alternative energy sources. UK investing in Offshore wind farms Kyoto agreement – countries signed up to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2050 Deforestation Buy recycled paper Recycle paper in bins provided by local authority Urban forests in Wolverhampton. Allocation of Urban and country parks to protect woodlands Recycling campaigns Allocation of protected areas such as national parks and SSSI’s DEFRA – prosecute against illegal logging Organisations involved over many countries such as Oxfam and Friends of the Earth that campaign against rainforest destruction METHANE Landfill Sites Reduce waste and recycle Wolverhampton has an incinerator to burn waste reducing landfill Different bins provided to increase recycling National initiative on waste reduction in UK The Global Methane Initiative (GMI) is a voluntary, multilateral partnership that aims to reduce global methane emissions and to advance the abatement, recovery and use of methane as a valuable clean energy source. Rice farming Alternative food chosen To drown rice paddies to prevent methane escaping in certain areas Population reduction policies, few people = less food needed NITROUS OXIDE Car exhaust Walk and use public transport Travel wise – Wolverhampton initiative to encourage car sharing. Congestion charges e.g. London Increase parking fee’s Increase car and fuel tax to discourage the use of and buying of cars Kyoto agreement – reduction of car emissions Sharing technological advances buying hybrid cars and electric cars fertilisers Buy organic food Promote and advertise organic food Allocating nitrogen sensitive zones that ban the use of fertilisers in areas close to water sources Money supplements offered to farmers to encourage them to use Organic farming methods that are more expensive. International Nitrogen Initiative Aim to encourage the production of sustainable food production and minimize nitrogen’s negative effects on human health and the environment resulting from food and energy producti