and climate change

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• and climate change!

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What is climate change?
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The earths atmosphere is made up of gases,
including carbon dioxide (CO2)
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Some heat is reflected back into space
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The earths atmosphere is thickened by extra
carbon dioxide gas
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More CO2 means more heat is trapped , making the
earth warmer
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Climate change

• what causes the extra CO2?

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One of the causes isDriving to school
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Climate change
One solution is
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Walk Once a Week
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WoW can help us tackle climate change. If you
walk to and from school once a week you will save
20 of the CO2 gas you would produce by driving
everyday.
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Of course, if you walk on other days too, you
will save even more CO2 gas!
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You and WoW can make a difference
Climate Change
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Scientists have estimated that driving to and
from school adds an extra 2 million tonnes of CO2
gas to the atmosphere every year
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If every child in the UK Walked once a Week, we
could save as much as 400,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
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Thats the same size as 195 Wembley Stadiums
Picture by ElspethM88
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or 97 02 Arenas
Picture by Mark Garth
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or 16 thousand million balloons! (16,000,000,000)
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Remember Walk once a Week and you help to stop
climate change!