- CFC emissions: only produced industrially so they are easier to cut down than gases like carbon dioxide and methane. We can find them in aerosols, refrigearator coolants, air conditioners...
- Greenhouse gases: This gases include carbon dioxide, methane, water vapour an nitrous oxide. They appear naturally, but are also made through industrial proceses as a part of the Earth's ecosystem.
� Flooding as polar ice caps melt, raising sea levels. Some countries an areas may dissapear such as the Netherlands, South-East of England...
� Extreme weather events due to shipfting ocean currents
� Deserts to spread across Europe as land dies up
� Higher temperatures. Global temperatures have risen 0.6�C. October 2001 was the warmest October since records began in 1659 abd dynnser 2003 was Europe's hottest for 500 years.
� Lost of vegetation and animals
- Deseases because of the high temperatures such us headache, faints, skin cancer...
- Changes in global climate are affectig animal behaviour. For instance, in the UK birds are lying eggs early and inhabiting more northely areas.
- Use more public transport and bycicle
- Use less the air conditioning
- Not to use aerosols and products which contain CFC's gases
What can Governments do?
- Imposing higher fines to the industries which pollute
- Spending more money in environmental issues
- Respecting the Kyoto Treaty
ALTERNATIVES