International responses
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Poem to help remember responses to climate change both local and Poem to help remember responses to climate change both local and international 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.
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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.
