1. www.bp.com/bpes/cft2009 Carbon Footprint Toolkit Talking points – headlines Teacher’s notes In this activity, students are presented with a series of news headlines relating to climate change. Each headline is accompanied by some information explaining the issue. Ask students to discuss the information on each slide in groups and, where possible, to decide what action could be taken to deal with the problems or concerns raised. One student from each group could then report back to the class. You may wish to print this presentation so you can hand out the information slides to your students, for group discussion. Use this activity as an opportunity to explain the link between energy use and climate change.

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3. www.bp.com/bpes/cft2009 Carbon Footprint Toolkit Talking points - headlines Read the information on the slides and discuss it with your group Decide how you would deal with the problems raised or what you think about the things that are reported Nominate a member of your group to tell the rest of the class

4. Apart from providing havens for wildlife, the bogs also help slow down global warming by trapping carbon from the atmosphere. Across the UK, the amount of lowland peat land has decreased from 95,000 hectares to 6,000 hectares since the start of the 19th century. New protection for Scottish bogs www.bp.com/bpes/cft2009 Carbon Footprint Toolkit

5. Rising sea temperatures kill the algae that the coral polyps live on. Research indicates that parts of the Indian Ocean could see all the coral die within 20 years. A recent study in Australia predicted that most of its Great Barrier Reef could be devoid of live coral by 2050. www.bp.com/bpes/cft2009 Carbon Footprint Toolkit Rising sea temperatures kill coral reefs

6. Carbon emissions have risen in Wales since 1990 by 0.2% – England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have all seen a decrease. Blame has been put on Wales’ booming economy and its rural nature, which means people rely greatly on private transport. www.bp.com/bpes/cft2009 Carbon Footprint Toolkit Increase in emission of greenhouse gases in Wales

7. When its 26 turbines become operational in 2009, the dam will have a capacity of more than 18,000 megawatts and will reduce China’s oil dependency (China is the 2nd largest oil user in the world). Over a million people have been moved from their homes to make way for the dam and more than 1,200 towns and villages will disappear under its rising waters. The water behind the dam is already heavily polluted. China says the whole project will cost about $25bn (£13bn), but the environmentalists estimate the cost will be several times higher. www.bp.com/bpes/cft2009 Carbon Footprint Toolkit Three Gorges Dam progresses

8. A corroded transit pipeline in the Prudhoe Bay oilfield, Alaska, leaked 267,000 gallons (one million litres) of crude oil over the ice; this was discovered on 2nd March 2006. The spill covered about two acres of the snow-covered tundra. Many see drilling in Alaska as an alternative source of energy to the Middle East that improves international security. Oil spills harm this pristine wilderness and endanger a key habitat for migratory birds, polar bears, caribou and other animals. www.bp.com/bpes/cft2009 Carbon Footprint Toolkit Pipeline spill

9. There are only four tropical ice fields left outside the Andes. Glaciers in the Rwenzori Mountains in East Africa are often referred to as the ‘Mountains of the Moon’ and are on the border between the democratic Republic of Conga and Uganda. An analysis of the data from field surveys and images from satellites shows the combined area of the Rwenzori glaciers has halved from around 2 sq km to just under 1 sq km since 1987. The cause of the decline seems to be an air temperature rise of roughly half a degree Celsius per decade since the 1960s without any real change in annual rainfall. www.bp.com/bpes/cft2009 Carbon Footprint Toolkit Two decades left for tropical ice field

10. The charity Christian Aid has warned that 182 million people in Africa alone could die as a result of climate change before the end of the century. The effects of global warming, such as increased floods and droughts and the growth of areas infested by malaria- carrying mosquitoes could cause a huge rise in deaths. www.bp.com/bpes/cft2009 Carbon Footprint Toolkit Climate change a ‘deadly threat’

11. An oil tanker ran aground at a port in south-west Alaska on 2nd February 2006. It was carrying more than 100,000 barrels of different oil products; the Coast Guard said some oil leaked into the sea. An oil spill from the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989 devastated wildlife and took four years to clean up. A spokesman for the Tesco refinery, which had chartered the vessel, said the Seabulk Pride broke free after being hit by an ice floe. www.bp.com/bpes/cft2009 Carbon Footprint Toolkit Oil tanker ran aground in Alaska

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