climate chances U.S

climatic change in the U.S.

5. Interactive task for you

climate change

6. how you can protect the climate yourself

4. what is the U.S. doing about climate change

3. what effects it has in the U.S

2. how does it come to being

1. what is climate change

a long-term change in the earth's climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature

what is climate change

• deforestation
• building buildings
• Agriculture
• High energy consumption of the industry
• Combustion of fossil fuels by the Traffic

how does it come to being

20.2

energy production in the U.S.

www.tonight.de

www.nbcnews.com

• Droughts
• Forest fires
• floods
• rising sea temperatures
• heavy rains
• tornadoes
• less rain

what effects it has in the U.S.

https://www.dw.com/de/usa-erkennen-die-republikaner-den-klimawandel-endlich-an/a-59215565

• Many Republicans do not believe in climate change

• Donald Trump (the last Republican president) denied
• Donald trump withdrew from Paris climate agreement

• But a Growing Movement Advocates for Climate Change
• but they are not against fossil fuels
• Many politicians only agreed when they were promised anonymity
• John Curtis of the ACC (American Conservation Coalition) said, "We too want to leave this world in better shape than we found it."
• not all republicans deny climate change

what are the republicans doing about climate change

wikipedia.org

https://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/usa/klimaschutz-in-amerika-gruene-usa-nach-trump-so-will-biden-das-land-beim-klimaschutz-auf-kurs-bringen_id_24400570.html

• Democrats are taking action on climate change
• they have rejoined the Paris climate agreement
• Joe Biden has appointed John Kerry as special envoy for climate issues
• 35 states want to become CO2 neutral in the next few years
• 555 billion dollars states want to invest
• 12,500 Dollars for e-car buyers

What are democrats doing about climate change?

Task: Explain what you saw on the gif.

interactive task for you

• buy used things
• Use your bike
• Use public transportation (bus, train)
• Form carpools (Fahrgemeinschaften)
• Use energy saving mode (tablet, phone, ...)
• try to repair old devices

how you can protect the climate yourself

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