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Our climate changes ... what about us?

Greta Thunberg has been interested in environmental and climate change issues since she was a child. On August 20, 2018, at just fifteen, she decided to take action. She prepared a sign and, alone, held a sitin in front of the parliament of Sweden, her country. Since then, Greta has met with political leaders and famous people from all over the world, to ask them to take action against climate change.

Causes and effects

We know that climate change refers to the rising temperatures we are experiencing on planet Earth. The causes of these increasing temperatures are many, such as the gases produced by industries and transport, the pollution of the seas and deforestation.

What are the effects of climate change?

• The ice melts. • The seas rise more and more and ‘eat’ the coastlines. • Many areas become arid and turn into deserts. • Many animal and plant species become extinct. • Floods, hurricanes and violent storms become increasingly frequent ...

Us and our environment

Match each image to the correct heading! • deforestation • desertification • avalanche • recycling • melting ice • protesting for the • pollution of the seas environment • flooding

The answers are on page 14.

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