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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth. • an environmental pressure group • > 100,000 supporters • 200 local groups • member groups in 71 countries. Climate Change. • warmer, wetter winters, • hotter, dryer summers • increased flooding • more storms • habitats at risk. A profound injustice. • warming

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Friends of the Earth

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  1. Friends of the Earth • an environmental pressure group • > 100,000 supporters • 200 local groups • member groups in 71 countries

  2. ClimateChange • warmer, wetter winters, • hotter, dryer summers • increased flooding • more storms • habitats at risk

  3. A profound injustice • warming • sea-level rise • storms, floods, droughts • the rich pollute, but the poor suffer most

  4. A red herring? • • Nuclear = 24% of power • Power = 29% of CO2 • • CO2 = 85% of UK emissions • what about the rest?

  5. Its here! • Manufacturing = 15% of CO2 • Transport = 22% of CO2 • Domestic and commercial heat = 21% of CO2 • Other energy = 7% of CO2

  6. And here! • CH4 from farming, waste & industry = 7% • N2O mainly from farming = 6% • F-gases = 1.9%

  7. Plane Crazy • 5% of CO2 and rising • CO2 + NOx • outside Kyoto

  8. Nuclear Power • Sustainable Development Commission • no reactors for 10-15 years • 8% saving by 2035

  9. Waste • waste up 10% • spent fuel up 390% • no known solution

  10. Safety • accidents • terrorism • bomb-making

  11. Solutions • • 60-80 per cent by 2050 • • Efficiency • Renewables • Conservation

  12. Efficiency • 30% of energy • lightbulbs • stand-by • motors • waste heat

  13. Green power • wind, tidal, wave, water, solar, biomass • power, heat, transport • power to the people?

  14. The Big Ask • we’re failing • annual targets • three per cent • Climate Bill • www.thebigask.com

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