Chapter 2
What is climate change and why does it matter?
Greenhouse effect animation
There is an excellent and straightforward animation on the BBC Guide to Climate Change
Information about climate change
The Environment Agency website has information on climate change and includes a useful animation about the impacts on the UK climate
The main greenhouse gases
We had previously intended to link to a page on the Environment Agency's website, which detailed the properties of the main greenhouse gases, however this page has moved.
This site gives properties and concentrations of some of the main greenhouse gases.
What the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says
IPCC report
Taking action on the environment
Tony Blair's full speech
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