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Good afternoon and welcome to our speech about ocean acidification.

I am ************** and I am the CEO of the Conservation Organization of the Medes islands.

I came here to talk about a very important issue that has been going on for several years now, but still hasn’t been addressed.

The problem we’re facing is ocean acidification, this consists in the continuous pH decline of the oceans around the planet.

This happens when carbon dioxide gas levels rise in the ocean. Then marine organisms die on the seabed and their remains accumulate forming corals consisting of coals.These compounds have an impact on the composition of the water as they carry acidity.

In our specific case, the Medes islands, of the coast of L’Estartit, in northern Catalonia, are suffering from this problem, which might lead to the death of thousands of marine plants and animals.

But what may happen if this problem doesn't get solved?

The change in ocean chemistry leads to collapsing food webs, the corrosive polar seas,

the dying coral reefs and mass extinctions. But how does this affect us?

This could provoke an alteration in our food, in our water and in our air, making it impossible to consume products.

We know that this issue  is not easy to solve in just a couple of months or whatever period of time you think it could take, but if we can raise awareness and make people aware of what’s happening, as the basketball player John Wooden said: “It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen”, then we could all stop this from going any further.

From the Conservation Organization of the Medes islands we have come up with a possible solution: boycott all of the factories and corporations that pollute the environment with CO2, such as: Endesa, Repsol and Naturgy.

To sum up, if we all work together we will be able to solve this problem that will eventually affect us all.

Think about this: do you really want your children to live in a place where there is no sea biodiversity anymore?

Thank you for your attention.

Have a nice day

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Welcome to everyone this is minister of agriculture Jeffrey Collins. Today I am going to refer to climate change and it is affects. To me the worse effect of climate change is rise of the see level and melting polar ice. Global warming and pollution triggers polar melting and polar melting add water to oceans. So why the earth does heats up? Because of greenhouse gases and corruption on the ozone layer.  By the way, the earth was exposed to sera effect. Since 1900s, industrial revaluation, cardo dioxide emissions and exhaust emissions has increased.

Water equivalent of 171 millimeters of liquid water in the 80s, to 460 millimeters in the 90s, to 500 millimeters in the 2000s, to 850 millimeters for 2010-2018.

Ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet increased by seven times. From 34 billion tons per year between 1992 and 2001 increased to 247 billion tons per year between 2012 and 2016.

Antarctic ice loss nearly multiplied by four from 51 billion tons per year between 1992 and 2001 to 199 billion tons per year from 2012 to 2016

As climate.nasa.gov sea level increases 3.3 mm per every year

The data shows that, see level has raised by the time due to global warming and melting. Even though we significantly reduce emissions, more than a third of the world’s remaining glaciers will melt before 2100.

So what is my concern? I am concerning about life. Water is important for us but if all ice polar melt, it will be detrimentally. Glaciers will not just melt. They will flow to valley like rivers or seas and we would not be ready to tackle with it.  It will cause too much lives and buildings. Besides humanistic effect, it will cause huge economic troubles and famine.

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Madi Cameron & Daisy Grey, founders of the campaign: YOUR PLANET, YOUR CHOICE

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The Vice Minister Of Agriculture and Forestry Of Turkey

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Hello ladies and gentlemans!.As the President of the Turkey Republic.I am very glad to be here to discuss about climate refugees.

Nowadays people are talking about how climate change is dangerous for our world.

Let’s talk about more dangerous things such as climate refugees.We are almost sure that climate change is going to affect our lives but nobody thinks about people who live in these lands.Climate refugees simply means that people who is forced to leave their countries because of environmental degradation in their countries.Lester Brown is the first person who mentioned about climate refugees in 1951.

Since 2008 there have been 26.4 million climate refugees around the world and most of them from African countries.Drought is the biggest reason for climate refugees to leave their lands and it will be increasing year by year.People in Africa,Southern-Asia,

Asia are the most affected ones.Rights of climate refugees are being protected by 1951 Refugee Agreement and 1967 Agreement.

Climate refugees are an international problem so we need to take care of it all together.Climate refugees should be protected by governments and international foundations.Experts are saying that next years there will be much more climate refugees due to climate change and their first station will be Turkey probably so we need to be careful about this situation.Turkey doesn’t have enough power to accept all the refugees and it is not fair at all.We need to share this refugees so that it will be much more easier to make their lives better and safer.

I promise you that we will handle this all together.We are making investments about that situation and we are working together with scientist and companies to build these people a healthier life.We will be scanning all of the dangerous lands so that we will know that which people are going to need to leave these lands so that we will be ready when they need to come our country.We will be able to give these people a job so that they can build a life for themselves.We will lead Europe to co-operate on this problem.

Please do not forget that everything is possible when we work together!

Thank you so much everyone for your attention and this session.

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Hello everyone. My name is Buse Özcan from the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation. And I should say that I am very pleased to be here and be able to tell all of you what Ocean Acidification is. In my speech I will explain to you what Ocean Acidification is, why this situation is very serious and what can be done to prevent it.

Shortly, Ocean acidification is the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

Well as we come to the main reason for it, we can also say that it is a result of burnt fossil fuels. As we, people, keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, more of it is dissolving in the oceans, leading to drastic changes in the water’s chemistry. Also cutting trees affects this situation too. As you can understand from this statement, Ocean Acidification is connected with climate change.  Acidification causes many creatures, such as mussels, corals, and scallops, that use calcium to grow or to form shells, unable to do so due to the increased amount of acid. Moreover, the number of creatures in the oceans and seas have started to decrease these years. According to our researchers in 10 years, there will be 0.3-0.5 decreasing in the pH of the Earth’s oceans. Which will make our oceans and seas hazardous even more. And we should all know that it will not just affect nature or the creatures inside of it. It also affects us too.

Acidification, the final consequences of which are still uncertain, is known to directly affect coral reefs, commercial fishing, non-fishing conservation areas, zooplankton, and the primary producer of phytoplankton. Although there is no country-specific policy such as climate change in this regard, regional administrations in various countries have added the acidification of the oceans to the management and control of Fisheries and Aquaculture Resources and have started to take appropriate measures accordingly. But still even those kinds of preventative actions  ocean acidification continue. Because of that reason we should educate our people. We should teach what their responsibilities are. Because if we do, people also will start to learn about climate change. So it is hitting two birds with one stone.

In addition, by answering the question of what can be done to prevent ocean acidification, we must not do anything to affect climate change. We should not cut down trees and try to protect our world by minimizing the rate of fossil fuel burning. And of course as i mentioned in my speech before, we should educate our people. Because

Thank you for listening to my speech, stay healthy.

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Hello everyone. My name is Gülten İlayda Kamu the Member of Parliament from Turkey. And I am so pleased to be here with all of you. Today I will explain to you the impact of climate change on human health.

Climate change affects people in many ways. Including health. Climate change has direct and indirect effects on human beings. Things that directly affects are; temperature changes, hot/cold air waves, natural phenomena. And things that indirectly affects are; vector diseases, air pollution and respiratory diseases, stratospheric ozone depletion and UV Radiation, allergic diseases and Sahara dust.

Temperature changes adversely affect the heart and blood circulation. It also causes death by affecting the brain and respiration. Natural phenomena cause the death of a lot of people when they happen. These can be say about directly affects.

Temperature causes vectors to increase. More vectors mean more people get vectorial disease.Climate change increases the spread of infection and epidemic. And the death of people increases. The insufficiency of foods or the change in the content of the foods cause the death of people. In addition, the presence of water pollution causes an increase in waterborne diseases. Like typhoid, cholera, diarrhea, skin or eye infections and so on. Air pollution disrupts humans respiratory functions and causes serious diseases. UV Radiation helps in the production of vitamin D, but too much is harmful. Climate change causes many allergic ailments through pollen in spring time. Sahara dust causes serious respiratory ailments. And this can lead to deaths. In addition, since these dusts contain bacteria and viruses, they cause a lot of death. And these can be say about indirectly affects.

In our country, various treatments are applied in our hospitals to prevent such diseases and deaths.

Climate change has a greater impact on humans than expected. If we do not stand against climate change, it will increase even more and become inevitable.

Thank you.

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Ceyda Güzeltunç, The Agriculture and Forestry Minister of Turkey

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Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am Ceyda Güzeltunç, the Agriculture and Forestry Minister of Turkey. Today with this short video speech, I am going to try to explain the importance of food waste and it’s global and national impacts to a certain level. We, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry, hope to raise awareness about this issue and save our planet when we can, starting from our country. It is so important to take tiny actions to reach for a solution about massive problems.

I would like to start with explaining what is considered when we say food waste and what is not. We mostly misperceive it and thought it is the same thing with food loss. Firstly I have to correct that common mistake. Food loss refers to the food that got lost in earlier stages of production such as harvest, storage and transportation. It is a decrease in quantity and quality of products intended for human consumption that are ultimately not eaten by people. On the other hand, food waste refers to items that are fit for human consumption but thrown away, often at supermarkets, restaurants or by consumers.

However, even if they do not quite mean the same thing, the food is actually lost for both of them. So our question should be “Why is food lost?” As we mentioned before, some food is lost before crops ever leave the farm. Reason for that may be, Retailers' high aesthetic standards for fruits and vegetables mean "non-perfect" produce might not even make it to the truck. Moreover in low-income regions, the causes are often related to poor infrastructure, equipment limitations or insufficient cold storage. I would like to inform you, the Turkish citizens, about our country’s situation on this topic. In 2017, Turkey’s total food loss worth was 44.8 billion Turkish Liras, only one year after, in 2018, it has been increased at the rate of 31.88 and reached 59.1 billion Turkish Liras.

However, unfortunately, we can not prevent these losses that easily. What we can do is, to not waste the food that is already on our plates. Our sole purpose is to make that happen. So now, our question is “Why is food wasted?”.

Food waste occurs when edible food is intentionally discarded by consumers after they fail to plan their meals properly and store food till it spoils or goes past the expiry date. At times, food waste can also happen due to oversupply in markets. However, before that, the consumers actually waste quite a lot of food in their homes. Some researches found out that over-buying food which causes it to spoil and thrown away has a strong impact on the food waste. According to the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, household refrigerators have grown about 15% since the 1970s. One of the things they found in the research is that people are uncomfortable with white space when it comes to food,we do not want to see empty spaces in our refrigerators or on our plates. It is not the refrigerators that have gotten bigger. The average dinner plate has grown by 36% since 1960. When we have a big plate, we tend to put a lot of food on it, whether or not we can eat it all.

In your home this issue waits for you, dear citizens to tackle it, it is in your responsibility. Then what is in our responsibility you might ask, we are going to regulate all public institutions’ (such as schools’, government halls’, hospitals etc.) dining halls in Turkey. Studies show that people sway to waste 50% less food per person when eating without trays. That means taking the trays away, by itself has a significant impact to help with not only the food waste, but food cost. Our aim is to prevent this kind of meaningless psychological effect which causes our food to be wasted.

If I have to summarize my speech, I would like to remind you again and again that we have to stop this issue. We have to get ahead of it when we can. We have to take this problem seriously. We do not think that how to not waste food at houses is something you do not know. It is up to you, dear citizens, to not throw away your, our food. We will hold up our end of the bargain with the effective executions and we hope you will do yours. Thank you so much.

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Aleyna Sevinç, Minister of Environment and Urbanisation of Turkey

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Distinguished ladies and gentlemen,

As the Minister of Environment and Urbanisation of Turkey I am very honoured to be here.

Today I will concentrate on increase of air pollution.

I have no doubt, we all know air pollution and climate change are closely related. Therefore when we reduce air pollution, it means that we also protect the climate.

As we all know, air pollution refers to the release of pollutants into the air that are harmful for human health and the planet as a whole.

Moreover, unfortunately, many air pollutants contribute to climate change by affecting the amount of incoming sunlight that is reflected or absorbed by the atmosphere, with some pollutants warming and others cooling the Earth.

These pollutants include black carbon, methane, ground-level ozone, sulfate aerosols and hydrofluorocarbons.

Furthermore, black carbon and methane are the top contributors to global warming after carbon dioxide.

According to the research most air pollution comes from energy use and production. For example burning fossil fuels releases gases and chemicals into the air.

“Smog” or “ground-level ozone” occurs when emissions from combusting fossil fuels react with sunlight.

“Soot” or “particulate matter” is made up of tiny particles of chemicals, soil, smoke, dust or allergens in the form of gas or solids that are carried in the air.

Pollutant sources are similar. They all come from anything that burns fossil fuels such as coal, gas or natural gas.

And here is a sad fact that fossil fuel air pollution kills one in five people!

Moreover, there are some other dangerous air pollutants too. For example mercury, lead, dioxins and benzene.

I am really sorry to say that we have been contributing to air pollution and global warming because of our lifestyles. We are producing and consuming more than ever. Therefore we are releasing greenhouse gases more than ever. And now, we are facing some consequences. And we will continue to experience them if we do not change our lifestyles.

When it comes to air pollution, we see some serious health problems.

Approximately 7 million premature deaths annually are due to the effects of air pollution.

Especially children get affected from air pollution. This situation can be harmful for their lungs and it can affect their IQ and ability to learn.

As humans, our lungs, hearts, kidneys, livers, immune, nervous and endocrine systems are in danger!

And I want to emphasize that this situation is getting harder and harder for those who have asthma.

A recent assessment suggests that reducing black carbon emissions produced by burning carbon-based materials would prevent millions of premature deaths as well as helping meet climate change mitigation targets.

Recognizing the problems and solutions of this situation, the government of Turkey is taking action.

Firstly, our main focus is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants. To do so, we will introduce stricter rules and regulations on air pollutants in all areas.

Secondly we are encouraging businesses to act, too.

So far, major businesses have had a big impact on the release of air pollutants. The government of Turkey allows companies to actively engage in climate action. Economic incentives for businesses to achieve their reduction targets are provided.

Lastly organisational structures are encouraged to reduce air pollution.

Remember, the quality of the air we breathe depends on the lifestyle choices we make.

Thank you for your attention and for this wonderful session.

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Good evening everyone,

My name is Meryem Nisa. Today as the minister of energy and natural resources of Turkey I would like to talk about a very serious crime committed by humanity. It is a loss of biological diversity. Biodiversity loss poses as serious, ugent and a threat to humans as climate change. It is believed that the Earth has experienced five mass extinctions in its history. But this time is much different than the other ones because of the threat caused by humans.Our actions over the last 50 years have caused record losses in nature. It is estimated that the current rate of species loss varies between 100 and 10,000 times the background extinction rate. Since 1970 vertebrate populations have fallen by 40 per cent for land-based species, 84 per cent for freshwater species and 35 per cent for marine species. However, even though some species which are not at immediate risk of extinction are thinning out. And that imperils other species that depend on them. It is reality that other species make the Earth more habitable for humans and all lives. In fact failing to protect these species is an unprecedented lethality for human beings.

The most serious driver caused by humans that makes many species die off is habitat destruction. People transform the habitats for their purposes, for instance drilling for oil and gas; cutting down trees, mining destroy habitats. Moreover half of the world's habitable land around 51 million square km has been converted to agriculture. And some of the agricultural land is used for grazing by livestock. It means that huge habitable lands are destroyed and exploited.
And also overusing, overutilization named by scientists aggravate extinction of the species. Humans exploit natural sources for mass consumption faster than the earth can replenish them. Overharvesting plants and overfishing in the industries are major consumptions  that affect the entire ecosystem. For example, with the advent of industrial fishing, people started extracting more and more fish than oceans can provide, causing the fish population to drop down. And also chemical pollution is causing insect populations to collapse which are critical for most lives and ecosystem services.

And it has to be said that there is a firm link between climate change and biodiversity loss. It is affecting the habitats of plenty of species which must migrate to more favourable places and conditions. Even small changes of the average temperature can have a giant effect  upon ecosystems.

At the end of my speech I would like to state that millions of different species and their habitats have been demolished by humankind for years. And this exploitation degrades nature. I think it is time for us who are the biggest factor in the extinction of species to make important decisions to save the future and nature. I would like to state that I always stand by the new measures taken against the destruction of habitat areas.And we will continue to work on this global issue.
Thank you for listening.

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I am the Minister of Health of the Republic of Turkey.  I am very happy to be here and trying to raise awareness.

With the development of the industry, many harmful gases have spread to nature. Among these gases, carbon dioxide gas is the most damaging gas to the world. Because carbon dioxide gas creates a Greenhouse Effect in the world and this effect affects the climates. This effect and change has many direct and indirect effects on human beings. It affects our health negatively by disrupting the water, food chain and living environment that are necessary for our survival. In addition to these, infectious diseases and many diseases related to air pollution are affected by this pollution.

With the development of our cities, these places have started to host air pollution and climate change. With the increase of many environmentally damaging vehicles such as heating systems and motor vehicles, the spread of many gases that adversely affect the environment has increased. With the spread of gases such as carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, diseases began to affect the circulatory system. Increased frequency of lung infections, COPD, asthma and allergic reactions. Another factor associated with severe air pollution and extreme heat is forest fires. Even if the settlements are not lean, people can be affected by smoke due to the effect of the wind. For example, as a result of forest fires in Russia in 2010, fifty-five thousand people died due to heat and smoke, and fifteen million dollars of damage was caused.

Extremely hot weather affects everyone differently. Over ten thousand people died due to extreme temperatures in Europe and the United States. According to a study conducted in England in 2006, it was calculated that seventy-five people could die for each increasing degree. People react differently to extreme temperatures according to their own bodies. For example, people with heart disease or kidney disease may react to excessive heat, such as fatigue and fainting.

Overheated weather can affect humans indirectly through animals. Many disease-carrying animals that need to live in hot environments can migrate to other places and carry diseases. Crimean Congo, Hantavirus and phlebovirus infections are all stated to be linked to climate change. These types of diseases are usually distributed by vector creatures.Heavy rains cleanse the hatching mosquito-bearing areas, while drought periods can affect population density in the existing water bodies of vector populations.

Thanks for listening to me, I hope we can join hands together for humanity and the world.

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RISE OF SEA LEVEL AND MELTING OF POLAR ICE

Good afternoon from  the USA and welcome to the speech about the rise of sea level and melting of polar ice,

I am Sylvia Earle,  a marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer.

The rate of Global sea level has increased in recent years because of the thermal expansion caused by different reasons:

Firstly,  due to the increasing melting of glaciers and ice sheets which would mean an addition of water to the ocean.

Another reason would be the expansion of the ocean volume as the water warms.

And last but not least,  the declining in the amount of liquid water on land-aquifers, lakes and rivers ,which is another but smaller contributor to sea level rise.

From the 1970s up through the most recent decade, melting and heat expansion were contributing equally to increase sea level rise.

But the melting of glaciers and ice sheets has accelerated in the last few years.

As a result, the amount of sea level rise due to melting from 2005 to 2013 was nearly twice the amount of sea level rise due to thermal expansion.

In 2019, the average global sea level was 3.4 inches above the 1993 average, today's number has been the highest annual average captured by the satellite record.

Higher sea levels means deadly and harmful storm surges will occur more often which is also referred as temporary overflow of low-lying areas .

As global temperatures continue to warm the higher sea level will be.

How much it will rise depends mostly on the rate of future carbon dioxide emissions and future global warming. How fast it will rise depends mostly on the rate of glacier and ice sheet melting.

But we are the ones who have to make the first step to start fixing this problem.

This is a call for action, to raise awareness, to find solutions from home.

If we don’t speak up, people will not hear about it, and the oceans will keep rising while the ice melts.

We are the ones who need to save the ocean, if not us, who?

What are we waiting for?

Thank you for your attention.

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Good afternoon, we are Madi Cameron and Daisy Grey, the founders of your planet, your choice, an association that tries to solve the global warming problems, and we welcome you  to our speech about the problems of rising temperatures and droughts. In this presentation we are going to introduce to you this issue and some solutions that are available for everyone.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

The problem of climate change has become a bigger problem over the years. It causes many problems, including the rise of temperatures and droughts.

The Greenhouse effect, when solar radiation generates the planet’s heat up, is the cause of the increase of the temperatures.

CAUSES

There are several factors that are causing those problems. Such as shortfalls in precipitation, early snow melt, heavy precipitation events, and increased evaporation due to higher temperatures, all of which have been driven in part by climate change. Climate change is the main reason why problems like those are happening and increasing in a bad way. This is a big problem and we should do something as fast as possible to decrease it.

WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW

Rising temperatures are accelerating and causing problems like droughts.

Drought causes food to decline, creating instability. People are starving and the health problems of the population are getting worse. Food and water begin to run out, creating conflicts that lead to immigration.

CONSEQUENCES: WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE

If we don’t start changing this now, the consequences are going to affect the future generations on the earth in a horrible way. As a result of rising temperatures, the ice on the poles will melt in the sea, making the water go up and swallowing a lot of surface in our planet. Moreover, as another result of rising temperatures, the climate will change all over the world, which will lead to the destruction of many ecosystems.

SOLUTIONS

We believe that one of the most important things to end it, is to speak up. People have to know about this and what is causing problems to our planet and lives. This may seem like a small way to stop climate change, but it actually is the biggest step to take. If we change the way people think about it, we can make a big step forward.

A solution to droughts is to plant more trees. This might sound like old-age advice, but planting trees is the best way to reduce damage from drought, improve the quality of the environment and increase the success of precipitation.

A solution for temperature rising is to power your home with renewable energy. Choose a utility provider that derives at least half the electricity from wind or solar and has been approved by Green-e Resources, an agency that vets alternative energy alternatives. If that isn't an option for you, check your electric bill; many utilities now list alternative ways to promote renewable energy on their monthly statements and websites.

Thanks for your attention.

- Martina Segura
- Marina Madrid
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Good afternoon and welcome to our speech about extreme weather.
I am Elon Musk and I am the CEO of the Tesla Company and SpaceX. Right now, I am the second richest person in the world and I work everyday to improve our climate conditions around the world.
Today, I’m going to talk about the extreme weather conditions that are increasing because of the pollution we make. This problem is one of the newest problems made by climate change, but it is already affecting our everyday life.
The general problem we are facing is that where there used to be some extreme conditions, are now increasing and becoming more difficult to overcome. As an example, I will put a problem that occurs in my country, Canada.
Atlantic Canada is one of the regions in Canada most threatened by global climate change. The region will experience more storm events, increasing storm intensity, rising sea levels, storm surges, coastal erosion and flooding from a warming in global temperatures. If we don’t take preventative measures, this region of Canada could be severely affected by climate change.
It must also be said that the events that are happening in Canada are also happening in the rest of the world. By that I mean that these are not facts that happen only in Canada.
But that’s just the beginning of what could be a bigger problem, and that means that if we don’t take action right now it will get worse. But there’s also a good face of it. It can also mean that we can still fix it. And not just in Canada, but worldwide.
It has been a pleasure to share this time with you. Everyone of us should be conscious about the huge problem we have to face regarding extreme weather, so we all should  take action and press our governments, and vote for those who can do something to reverse the situation.
Thank you very much for your attention!

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Daniel Marques, Prime Minister of Portugal

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Diogo Galvão, Minister of Environment of Portugal

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Hello, my name is Diogo Galvão

Today we are going to talk about rising temperatures and droughts.

So Global Warming is the process of the increase in the average temperature of the earth's oceans and atmosphere caused by massive emissions of greenhouse gases, originating from a range of human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels and changes in land use, such as deforestation, as well as from various other secondary sources.

We notice that the last decade was the warmest since data began to be recorded.

The data also shows that 2019 was the second year with the highest temperatures since 1850 - with an average of 0.95°C higher than the 20th century, second only to 2016 (0.99°C).

We have found that the consequences of the earth's average temperature range from rising ocean levels to the Proliferation of extreme weather events.

We think that to try to decrease the temperature rise we should:

Reduce waste generation

Save light and water with new habits

Support agro-ecological food

Drought is a temporary reduction in the availability of water due to insufficient precipitation, and is a natural catastrophe with very specific properties. In general, it is understood as a transitory physical condition, associated with more or less long periods of reduced precipitation, with negative repercussions on ecosystems and socio-economic activities.

Droughts are frequent in mainland Portugal, with serious consequences particularly in agriculture and livestock, water resources and the well-being of the population. In the last 65 years, seven drought episodes of greater severity can be highlighted: 1943/46, 1965, 1976, 1980/81, 1991/92, 1994/95, 1998/99 and 2004/06 . The regions south of the Tagus are the most vulnerable, and those that have been most affected.

Of the droughts mentioned, the most severe were:

Drought 1943-46 - the longest occurring in the last 65 years, 1990-92 the 2nd longest, 2004-06 and 1980-81 were the 3rd longest Drought of 2004-06 - the one with the largest territorial extension (100% of the affected territory) and the most intense (taking into account the consecutive months in severe and extreme drought).

Measures to decrease/avoid droughts:

To avoid decreasing droughts people should avoid sending plastic bags into the middle of the ocean.

There should be more care in the extraction of oil

Reuse water.

Thank you for listening.

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Diogo Galvão, Minister of Environment of Portugal

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Diogo Galvão, Minister of Environment of Portugal

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Roger Serra

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Climate Refugees

Good evening, thanks for being here, I'm Roger Serra, the president of the United Nations.

Now there are currently a big number of climate problems in many parts of the world, which can lead to natural disasters that result in climate refugees. Today I’m going to explain who the climate refugees are.

Does anyone know who the climate refugees are?

Climate refugees are a group of persons forced to migrate or be evacuated from their region of origin by rapid or long-term changes to their local habitat, which includes droughts, desertifications, rising sea levels, earthquakes, and tornadoes. All the climate refugees have to evacuate their homes or residences because of natural disasters, and of course they don’t know where to go.

It is at this point where ONG’s actuate, helping all possible families, because everyone can survive and have somewhere to go through these difficult moments.

There are a lot of natural disasters  that happen because of global warming and you can change the world with a minimum act, just think that if everybody does that minimum act the world will be better for the future generations.

What can we do to reduce global warming?

To reduce global warming there are a lot of actions to do, for example, reducing the consumption of water by taking shorter showers, trying to use less of the dishwasher, the washing machine, we can use renewable energy in our home ,drive a full efficient vehicle, go more with bike, scooter or skate. There are a lot more actions but if we think a little bit we will deduce that by doing these little actions we will help a lot of people, even animals and the more important the future generations and the earth.

Think for a moment, and together we can change the world.Thank you for your attention.

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Good morning, I’m Nora Kanfaoui Pérez, President of Spain and today I will talk about food waste. Do you know how many kilos of food were thrown away in 2018? In 2018, 1339 million kilos of ugly food were thrown away.

The problem comes from the ugly food that supermarkets throw away just because it’s not as beautiful as other food. We need to stop this problem, there is a movement called Ugly Food which tries to stop food waste. This food could help a lot of people because it’s food that is in good condition to eat. This food that you also throw away could be sent to poorer countries or people who need it. This way we would reduce hunger in continents like Africa or Asia. Food waste is also a climate problem that involves the creation of a lot of waste which is responsible for the 8% of greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale that could be avoided by giving it to a meal center or just being sold as the other products in the supermarket. The consequences of greenhouse gas emissions are the melting of glacial masses, flooding of islands and coastal cities, more devastating hurricanes, species migrations, desertification of fertile areas, impact on agriculture and livestock.

Therefore, now that you are aware of the reasons and consequences that are currently happening. Be conscious and act and help.

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Good afternoon, I’m Mariona Molera,

I'm the mayor of Forestown and today I want to show the world what’s really happening with our forests.

DEFORESTATION and wildfires is a topic that usually people don’t think about, but it's a real issue.

Nowadays everyone talks about the melting ice from the poles, the pollution from factories and the amount of plastic in the sea.

However, there’s not a lot of people aware of the wildfires that endanger our forests.

In case we hadn’t realized yet, we take a lot of prime resources from our forest, but also, a lot of important animals live there.

Wildfires also damage our health because of the smoke that is produced. So we must say that is one of the most important problems on earth.

It’s a fact that 90% of wildfires are caused by people,

the other 10% is caused by droughts or natural disasters.

So we could say that one of the main causes of this problem are humans themselves.

That’s because we cut trees for no reason,       producing a lot of deforestation.

Another cause of wildfires are campfires.     It's nice to go campìng, but we have to be more careful when lighting fires. It’s the same with fireworks, we use them without taking wildfires into account.

Cigarettes are another common cause of it, because we throw them away while they are still burning.

But the real question of this speech is: What can we do to stop deforestation?  First, we have to be aware of this problem, and realise that the only solution is to stop cutting trees for no reason. Another way to help is letting animals walk through the forest for them to eat the undergrowth. Then we would have a cleaner forest and it would take longer for the fire to burn or expand.

As mayor of Forestown I would like you to take into account what I had said and start doing something to reduce wildfires. Forests are important so we must stop deforestation, we must stop burning our forests, we must stop this problem, and it has to be now.

Thank you for your attention.

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Main minister of Health of The Great Rhymània

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Main minister of Health of The Great Rhymània

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Good afternoon, I’m very pleased to be here making this speech.

The World Health Organization  estimates that between 2030 and 2050, climate change will cause approximately 2houndrs fifty thousand additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress.

Climate change is a very serious matter, but people seem not to be reacting. We all have been informed and aware about climate change but it still seems that does not go with us.

So today I will try to show you another face of climate change, focusing on human health.

Due to Climate change, temperatures will increase, causing the melting of the poles. As a consequence, and considering that more than half of the population lives on the coastline, the rising sea level will destroy homes and other facilities. This will cause huge migrations that will cause the spread of serious diseases.

Rising temperatures will drastically change the climate, causing a major increase in insect-borne diseases. Moreover hot temperature will increase the ozone concentration and heat waves, damaging breathing diseases.

Remember that these are just some brief examples.

We hope that you have realized today, with this speech the real magnitude of the problem, or at least, now you have a more amplified view of the climate change issue.

Thank you.

(Paula García Balbín, Ferran Arcarons Estrada, Oriol Planàs Valero and Anna Rossinés Patiño).

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President of Brazil; João Porteiro da Germano

First of all, I’d like to thank everybody that is here to listen to the government plan for saving the Amazonia.

Today we’ll focus on 3 specific topics:

1- The current situation.

2- The Negative impacts for the wildlife.

3- The Future solutions to preserve biodiversity.

1-The Amazonia has been burning lately due to the long drought we are having this year. As we all know it is the biggest rainforest in the world , and there is a big variety of  species and types of living beings, but we are not here to talk about how beautiful it is, but to keep its beauty, animals, trees and wildlife alive and away from the fire.

2-This problem is going out of control. A lot of species are likely to become extinct, to give an example I'm gonna talk about palm oil. We all know that Amazonia is the lung of the planet.

A few months ago, Amazonia was in big danger. 52% of the Amazonia is already burnt. And why? Because people are cutting down the trees illegally, it is not raining as much as before and the land is drying . We have to stop cutting down trees,  if we don't want this disaster  to happen again.

3- To preserve biodiversity, we have come up with different solutions, the first one is to become aware of the importance that it has, and what we lose when we damage it. Then it is very important not to get exotic species from the wild, and the most important is not to abandon them because they will destroy all the ecosystems and biodiversity.

It’s also important to consume sustainable products, and act responsibly in front of the environment.

As the President of Brazil, I promise to do everything that is in my hands to change the situation with the wildlife in Amazonia. Thank you very much for your attention.

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Good morning, my name is Alícia Martí thank you all for coming.

As the Minister of Environment I’m here to talk about a problem that has been affecting our planet for a long time. I’m talking about ocean acidification.

But what’s ocean acidification? The amount of CO2 that we emit into the atmosphere goes into the ocean, the pH of the ocean decreases and its acidity  increases. Ocean acidification leads to the death of the coral due to the lack of oxygen.

If our reefs dye, we will lose one of the earth’s lungs. As the coral is dying it has a great impact on the ocean ecosystem and this ends up affecting us in long terms as for example from the fish that we consume. We need to take action. We need to reduce the emissions of CO2 by using renovables energy sources. We need to create more green spaces in our cities by taking advantage of useless areas.We need to raise awareness in our society, by educating children from an early age.

We can not face away from this.We cannot endanger our health. We can make a better future

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Zeynep Minaz, MINISTER OF HEALTH OF TURKEY

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Zeynep Minaz, MINISTER OF HEALTH OF TURKEY

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Ms. DIMITRA OIKONOMAKI, Mayor of Rethymo, Crete, Greece.

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Ms. DIMITRA OIKONOMAKI, Mayor of Rethymo, Crete, Greece.

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Good afternoon, I’m Frannyan i am the Minister of Territory and Sustainability in Catalonia , and before I start giving my speech I want you to understand something:

We are in an emergency situation! This is the most important thing today I’m going to say to you.

Our planet is designed to work as a huge mechanism. Everything has a function, like a gear. Humans have broken the system. We have messed up the functioning of the earth by building industries to produce energy. We use this energy for our benefit without considering the consequences that affect the planet.

The electricity that we have in our house and we use every day for our comfort, like using the washing machine or the fridge, contribute to polluting the air because of its source. And maybe it doesn’t seem like a big thing right now, but it causes horrible consequences!!

Smoke effects, acid rain, deterioration of fields… We all have heard about it, but what we don’t realize is that we are the cause of it! We are the main problem, but we can be the solution as well. Just by changing the energy to a renovable one.

It is actually easy. To start we should all check if we pay for electricity to a company of renewable energy. I’m talking about the kind of energy that is produced by solar panels, windmills or swamps for hydro power.

I hope this speech has helped you all to learn more about this situation that we are living and how to be part of the solution to this problem. Please, this is not a joke. This is our reality and it’s time to face it.

Thankyou.