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How Can We Prevent Climate Change

To prevent climate change, people should make their lifestyles greener by reducing their carbon footprint through choices like not flying for holidays and walking or cycling instead of driving. It is also important to educate future generations about climate change by teaching children about its causes and effects and involving them in green initiatives. Individuals can also get involved in local and national events focused on fighting climate change and signing petitions on environmentally-focused issues.

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How Can We Prevent Climate Change

To prevent climate change, people should make their lifestyles greener by reducing their carbon footprint through choices like not flying for holidays and walking or cycling instead of driving. It is also important to educate future generations about climate change by teaching children about its causes and effects and involving them in green initiatives. Individuals can also get involved in local and national events focused on fighting climate change and signing petitions on environmentally-focused issues.

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How can we Prevent Climate Change?

Make Your Lifestyle Greener

Everything we do in our day to day lives emits CO2 into the


atmosphere. That means that even making small changes in what we
do, or how we do it, can have a positive impact in preventing the onset
of climate change. Collectively we can make a difference. Here are a
few tips:

Holidays: don't fly, take a train or alternative transport method

Shopping: minimise the number of shopping trips you take by

planning ahead and writing a list

Nightlife: walk to your local facilities rather than taking the car

Sport: try cycling, walking or running to get from A to B

Educate Future Generations


Preventing climate change in the future is down to the actions and
opinions of future generations - meaning now is the time to start
educating our children about climate change and its effects. This can
be done at school, by parents and every simply through leading by
example. If you have children, get them involved in making your lives
greener. Give them the responsibility to make sure lights and plugs are
turned off in their rooms each time, get them involved in recycling and
other green initiatives, rewarding them for their good work.
Get Involved In The Fight Against Climate Change

If you want to take your green ambitions to the next level, find out about
climate change events, at a local and a national stage, which you're
interested in. There are plenty of fundraising and awareness-raising
events you can get involved with, or simply sign your name on one of the
many environmentally themed Downing Street petitions

Causes of climate change


Influence of humans

Humans have been influencing the climate since the start of the
Industrial Revolution. Since then, the average world temperature has
risen by approximately 0.8 degrees Celsius.

Aerosols

Aerosols are less well-known than greenhouse gases. Aerosols are dust
particles which, in addition to CO2, are released into the atmosphere in
large quantities when wood and fossil fuels are burned.

Uncertainty

The extent of global warming in the future is swathed in uncertainty;


first, because we have no idea of how much of an increase to expect in
greenhouse gases (depending on economic growth), and secondly,
because we do not know exactly how our climate system will respond
(climate sensitivity).
Global warming
a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere
generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of
carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.

Climate Change
a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change
apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely
to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use
of fossil fuels.

How to prevent Climate Change?


1. Get an energy audit.

Your utility company can perform an energy audit to determine where


you’re overusing energy. Many will do this for free, and the
recommendations they give you will help you save money for years.

2. Recycle everything you can.

Find out how you can start recycling paper, plastic, glass, aluminum, ink
cartridges and cardboard

3. Reuse whatever you can.


Cardboard boxes and other packing materials are a great place to start.

4. Reduce paper use.

Print double-sided, reuse printed paper for scrap paper, and think before
you print.

5. Buy local.

When possible, source your products from local distributors or producers


to reduce fossil fuel use.

6. Go digital.

Switch to digital bill payment, invoicing, banking and ordering. You can
also send email rather than printed memos or offer downloadable
employee handbooks. Use an eFax service instead of a paper machine.

7. Get rid of Styrofoam.

Styrofoam is one of the least environmentally friendly products you can


use. Find alternatives to Styrofoam for everything from cups to packing
peanuts, both in what you sell and in what you use in the warehouse.

8. Eliminate disposables in the break room.

Reusable cups, plates and utensils may come at a small up-front


investment, but they pay for themselves quickly — the average employee
uses 500 disposable cups per year!

9. Reduce energy use in the restrooms.


Install low-flow toilets and urinals, and fix leaky sinks or toilets promptly.
Install air dryers rather than offering paper towels. And lower the
thermostat on hot water heaters to 115 degrees.

10. Switch to eco-friendly cleaning products.

11. Xeriscape. Reduce water usage by replacing grass outside your store
with native plants that use little water, and engage in other xeriscaping
techniques.

12. Buy EnergyStar-certified equipment and maintain it properly.

Read up on your options at www.energystar.gov.

13. Adjust your thermostat.

Keep the thermostat on 68 in the winter, and 78 in the summer, and


program it to automatically reduce energy use overnight.

14. Insulate the building(s).

Use weather stripping and caulking to reduce energy consumption. Insulate


hot water pipes to reduce heat loss.

15. Recycle or donate the old equipment.

Not all electronics recyclers are created equal

16. Use natural lighting when possible


And switch to compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. CFLs can save up to
$40 per year per bulb in energy costs over incandescent, and can last 13
times longer! Also, make sure all lights are turned out when everyone’s
gone for the day.

17. Use Green Packaging.

Educate yourself on the impact that your green packaging choices may
have on the environment

Effects of Climate Change


Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the Earth’s poles. This includes
mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and
Arctic sea ice.

Many species have been impacted by rising temperatures. For example,


researcher Bill Fraser has tracked the decline of the Adélie penguins on
Antarctica, where their numbers have fallen from 32,000 breeding pairs to
11,000 in 30 years.

The sea level has been rising more quickly over the last century.

Some butterflies, foxes, and alpine plants have moved farther north or to
higher, cooler areas.

Precipitation (rain and snowfall) has increased across the globe, on


average.

Some invasive species are thriving. For example, spruce bark beetles have
boomed in Alaska thanks to 20 years of warm
summers. The insects have chewed up 4 million acres of spruce trees. Sea
levels are expected to rise between 7 and 23 inches (18 and 59
centimeters) by the end of the century, and continued melting at the poles
could add between 4 and 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters).

Hurricanes and other storms are likely to become stronger.

Floods and droughts will become more common. Rainfall in Ethiopia,


where droughts are already common, could decline by 10 percent over the
next 50 years.

Less fresh water will be available. If the Quelccaya ice cap in Peru continues
to melt at its current rate, it will be gone by 2100, leaving thousands of
people who rely on it for drinking water and electricity without a source of
either.

Some diseases will spread, such as mosquito-borne malaria (and the 2016
resurgence of the Zika virus). Ecosystems will change: Some species will
move farther north or become more successful; others won’t be able to
move and could become extinct.

Wildlife research scientist Martyn Obbard has found that since the mid-
1980s, with less ice on which to live and fish for food, polar bears have
gotten considerably skinnier. Polar bear biologist Ian Stirling has found a
similar pattern in Hudson Bay. He fears that if sea ice disappears, the polar
bears will as well.

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