Poem to help remember responses to climate change both local and internationalPoem to help remember responses to climate change both local and international

Reduce, reuse, recycle waste

Eat local produce, better taste

Switch off the TV and the light

Pollute less, get on your bike

On the international channel

Nations set up a climate panel

Summit in Rio, nations sign

Emissions laws, Kyoto seems fine

Seven years since Bali conference

but nothing agreed with any confidence

Reduced packaging but could put foreign workers out of business

Cuts your carbon footprint and supports farmers

Saves energy but doesn’t make that much impact on global warming overall

Reducing car journeys obviously better but walking or biking no good for the older generation

1988 – International Panel for Climate Change. People admit the earth might be getting warmer!

1992 – Rio Earth Summit – 154 nations sign an agreement to cut emissions but it is voluntary

1997 – Kyoto Protocol – now legally binding targets to cut emissions. 178 countries sign

All nations agree to tackle climate change better in Bali but since then no agreements on the details have been made.