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Greenhouse gases emissions, HUMAN ACTIVITIES, CLIMATE CHANGE PROCESSES, MAIN CLIMATE FEATURES, MAJOR THREATS.
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The Climate Change Performance Index developed by Germanwatch is calculated using three weighted indexes:
*Emissions trends for energy, transport, industry and residential account for 50 % of [..]
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Share of transport-related
greenhouse gas emissions
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), adopted in 1992, divides countries into Annex I (industrialized countries and countries with economies in transition) and Non-Annex [..]
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A significant sea level rise is one of the major anticipated consequences of climate change. This graphic explains the causes of sea level change according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate [..]
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Warming is widespread, generally greater over land than over oceans, and the largest gains in temperatures for the planet are over the North American Arctic, north central Siberia, and on the [..]
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About All actors towards a climate neutral society
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Future climate change and projected impacts: Increased growth and yield rates due to higher levels of carbon dioxide and temperatures could result in longer growing seasons. For example, in mid to [..]
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The following gases
are taken into account:
CO2 - Carbon dioxide
CH4 - Methane
N2O - Nitrous oxide
PFCs - Perfluorocarbons
HFCs - Hydrofluorocarbons
SF6 - Sulphur hexafluoride
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This graphic attempts to show 'all in one': the various measures for greenhouse gas reduction with both reduction (in CO2 equivalent) and cost (in Euros) quantified.
Read from left to right it gives [..]
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Multiple stresses make most of Africa highly vulnerable to environmental changes, and climate change is likely to increase this vulnerability. This graphic shows which of the regions of Africa (North [..]
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WWF Ranking of the 30 dirtiest power plants in Europe
Please note:
*These are not the most emitting power plants but the least efficient ones.
*This ranking only compares plants located in the [..]
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About political choices, National / International scale, Local / City scale
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In this example, C02 emitted each day by two persons living in Munich are detailed, showing two different ways of fulfilling the same needs: 38 kg of C02 emitted by an average consumer versus 14 kg by [..]
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Table explaining Offset providers
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water OR waste searches for either of these words
oceans AND biodiversity searches for blocks with both words
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