GTS 2001 Haupt- und Realschule

Ferdinand Salfer Str. 3, 28857 Syke, Germany

Our talk is divided into two parts: First we shall say, what we found in the school text books on climate change. In the end we shall show – where stands Germany in CO2 emmission? What is public opinion and what is being done to reduce greenhouse gases?

*Our class analysed 25 Chemistry and Physics text books. Only in three books, the topic „climate change“ is dealt with.

1.Natural

2.„Artificial“ or „human made“

Without natural green house effect the earth temperature

will be (-18°C).

Water vapours

CO2

Nitrates-oxides

OzoneBiogas

Transport

Industry and Coal

Power Plants

Household

Chloro-fluoro-carbon

Biogas

CO2

Ozone

Nitrate-oxides

*“THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE HAS STOPPED RISING

*THE EARTH HAS BEEN WARMER IN THE RECENT PAST (The Arctic was warmer in the 1930s than it is today).

*COMPUTER MODELS ARE NOT RELIABLE

*CLIMATE IS MAINLY INFLUENCED BY THE SUN

*WATER VAPOUR IS BIGGER GREENHOUSE GAS THAN CO2”

*Germany- 6th*U.K. -7th

*Italy – 9th

*France-11

*Poland -17

*Turkey – 20

*Netherlands 21

*Greece - 33

*Romania - 34

*Portugal - 39

*Latvia-94

*“Car Clash: Germany Blocks CO2 Reduction Deal”

*“…. In the end, Germany got its way and managed to delay an EU decision on lowering the amount of CO2 European-made cars may emit.”

*Why so? The argument from the politicians is that the Germany export and economy heavily depend on the car industry.

*If the German economy does not react at the right time, the destruction due to climate change may cause 800 Billion Euro until 2050.

*„Greenpeace“ wants the German Government to reduce CO2 up to 40 % until 2020!, and

*From the EU and industrial countries the reduction up to 30 %.

Thanks are due to our hosts for their hospitality and giving us an opportunity to present our results.

Last but not least, we thank our Headmaster

Mr. R. Goltermann, Mrs. Simone Treunhart (our class teacher) and Dr. Rajinder Singh (our physics teacher and Comenius project coordinator) for supporting us.