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Geography Sustainable Development

Geography Sustainable Development. Climate Change [Date] Today I will: - Understand how humans can cause the climate to change - Know the impact climate change has. Geography Sustainable Development. Geography Sustainable Development. Geography Sustainable Development. Geography

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Geography Sustainable Development

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  1. Geography Sustainable Development Climate Change [Date] Today I will: - Understand how humans can cause the climate to change - Know the impact climate change has

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  5. Geography Sustainable Development Since the Industrial Revolution (1860s) the global average temperature has risen significantly The eleven warmest years on record occurred during the past twelve years.

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  8. Geography Sustainable Development More warm days and more heatwaves • higher death toll amongst the elderly and disabled • increasing risk of forest fires

  9. Geography Sustainable Development More intense rainfall • more floods, landslides • pollution of water • destroyed harvests More intense tropical storms: • higher wind speed and more rainfall

  10. Geography Sustainable Development More droughts, more often: • too little drinking water • food security threatened • potential impact on conflict and migration

  11. Geography Sustainable Development Melting ice • reduction in water supplies • glacial lake outburst floods QoriKalis Glacier, Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru 1978 2002

  12. Geography Sustainable Development Sea level rise • sea level rise will bring large coastal areas at risk • salt water intrusion threatens water supply and food security • impacts already being felt particularly during storm surge

  13. Geography Sustainable Development Health and climate change • shift of diseases to new areas • increase of water borne diseases after floods • increase of diseases due to higher temperatures, humidity or drought

  14. Geography Sustainable Development Read Pages 180 and 181. Answer question 7 on page 84 and question 3 on page 85 of the New Wider World Textbook.

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