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When you woke up this morning you were probably in a nice warm bed. You may have had a hot shower followed by a good breakfast.
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You know that later in the day you will have more food and throughout the day you will have access to drinking water.
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To survive we need
water, food, shelter, warmth, sleep
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Of course we need more than that for our health and well being-
A safe environment,family and friends,education,enough money for our needs,medical care when we need it.
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Some people in the world do not have access to these things now, climate change could mean many more do not.
Increasing floods, droughts, tidal surges and cyclones will destroy homes and farmland.
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Rising temperatures will make some farmland into deserts and reduce the amount of water available.
Rising sea levels will reduce the amount of land available to farm.
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As well as not being able to grow enough food the hazards caused by climate change will bring about sudden deaths from flooding, heat waves and tidal surges.
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Climate change will affect everyone!
In Europe in 2003 27,000 people died as a result of extreme heat, many more were taken to hospital.
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In Kenya in 2004 there was an extreme drought 2.3 million people were affected
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In Bangladesh in 2004, 35 million people were affected by flooding.
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In the next decade up to 175 million children are likely to be affected every year by the kinds of natural disasters brought about by climate change.
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The % of the world’s population exposed to malaria, one of the biggest killers of children under the age of 5 is expected to increase fro 45% to 60 % in the next 100 years due to climate change
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Malaria is highly sensitive to changing temperatures and precipitation. If the UK gets warmer then malaria may become a more common disease especially in the wetland areas.
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By 2010 there will be 50 million environmentally displaced people most of whom will be women and children
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Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world.
Over the last few years Bangladesh has seen an increase in -flooding, tidal surges and cyclones.
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Because the land is low lying and the land floods very easily. Farmers have always relied on flooding to grow their rice crops but too much rain can destroy the crops and destroy homes.
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Developing countries are quite right to point an accusing finger at developed countries for causing climate change.
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We demand more goods and services so we use up more fossil fuels to create energy and in doing so produce more greenhouse gasses.
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The more developed countries with better health care and emergency plans may cope better with climate change than the poorer countries.