Climate Clock

One of our awesome pupils told us about the Climate Clock the other day.

Here’s a link to it: https://climateclock.world/

What is the clock show us?

The red number tells us how long we have until there’s irreversible damage to the plant caused by carbon emissions and the green number tells us how much of the world’s energy comes from renewable sources.

We’re aiming to get the green number to 100% before the red number gets to 0.

What irreversible damage might happen?

Greenhouse gases have far-ranging environmental and health effects. They cause climate change by trapping heat, and they also contribute to respiratory disease from smog and air pollution. Extreme weather, food supply disruptions, and increased wildfires are other effects of climate change caused by greenhouse gases

National Geographic

Green Peace has explained the issue really well in this poster
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What can we do to help the situation?

There are lots of things we can do to reduce our carbon footprint which helps reduce the damage. Click here to check out some ideas here.

You can also encourage the grown-ups in your life to read this article: https://en.reset.org/act/12-things-you-can-do-climate-change-0 and https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-to-fight-climate-change-2020