1. 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.