Climate change in EU

Instituto de Educación Secundaria: Lucía de Medrano

The Europeam Dream. A vision of Europe in Times of change and Challenge

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Human Causes of climate changeUse of fossil fuelsDeforestationToxic wastes

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Use of fossil fuelsUse of fossil fuels has two principal outcomes

Greenhouse gasesAcid rain

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DeforestationDeforestation has 3 main outcomes

Atmospheric Hydrological Biodiversity loss

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Toxic wastes

Radioactive Uranium deposits

Chemical products spill

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Problems causedby climate change

Sea-level risePublic health

problemsOzone layer’s hole

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Sea-level rise

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Public health problems

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Ozone layer’s hole

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EU initiatives against contamination problemsRatifying the Kyoto ProtocolImproving the energy efficiencySupporting use of renewable energy sourcesSupporting CCS technologies

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Kyoto protocol

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Energy efficiency improvement

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Renewable sources increase

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CCS technologies