Assessment activity 1 1. When conducting research on behalf of your organisation or for a client organisation‚ how will you determine the most appropriate data sources to use? In this case the most suitable data source will be a desk research because this information will have already been gathered‚ analysed and reported on by other companies. It means that you will not waste time and money doing what others before you have done. 2. Why are cross checks and cross references necessary?
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Global Climate Change and its Effects A simple way to describe Global warming would be to say that it refers to an average increase in the Earth ’s temperature and this increase may cause changes in climate. As the Earth warms up it may lead to significant rise in sea levels‚ chaotic weather patterns‚ and catastrophic droughts. When we talk about the issue of climate change‚ what we are really concerned about is the global warming caused by human activities. In my opinion‚ Global warming is already
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Outline strategies to address climate change by either Government‚ pressure groups or individuals. In the UK the government nationwide has created the clime change act of 2008‚ the UK was the first country in the world to set a legally binding climate reduction‚ and the target is to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050. The targets are created at a 4 yearly interval which are; 22% in 2008 to 2012‚ 28% in 2013 to 2017 and 34% in 2018 to 2022. These reductions are the targeted to be the percentage below
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of Climate Change Relating To Polar Ice Climate changes occur naturally over long periods of time on Earth‚ and it has been this way throughout Earth’s history. Currently‚ anthropological influences on earth have triggered a quickening rise in global temperatures and this in turn is causing a rapid change in earth’s climate. One of the major changes currently happening on earth is the melting of the polar ice caps. Major impacts relating to the melting of the polar ice caps include changes in ocean
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Suggest ways in which climate change might affect Africa’s physical environment? Many things will happen to Africa’s physical environment as climate change happens‚ however the main ones will be: decreased or no change in crop growing with some even going down over 20%‚ decreased rainfall in parts where there already is only 1-100mm a year anyway; it contains around 29% of the world’s mammals‚ birds and plants and also 17% of the amphibians and reptiles‚ and finally Africa has a lot of low lying
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The change in climate is something we are all facing. We sometimes hear of winter days becoming longer in some states and summer months becoming hotter than usual. All of these changes are contributed to the choices we make in our day to day lives; do we recycle‚ are we conscious of our surroundings‚ etc. Would I consider this to be an issue of morality? Yes‚ I would. Everyone has the responsibility to be aware of their surroundings. We each must take a part on how we treat the planet‚ i.e.
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Introduction Climate change has been the forefront of international news and how leaders will take specific measures on tackling environmental challenges. China has faced much pressure and criticism‚ domestically and internationally with their actions or lack thereof on the environmental crisis. China is the world’s leader when it comes to the release of carbon emissions. Approximately‚ one third of all accountable greenhouses gases that are emitted from the planet is due to China’s activities. China
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Introduction Climate change concerns to a statistically momentous deviation in either the mean state of the climate or in its variability‚ remaining for an extensive period (normally decades or longer) (What is climate change‚ 2001). Climate change is term that adverts to any major and long-term change in average weather in a specified region or whole Earth. Fundamentally important variability of average weather over longer time period can be depicted as climate change. Climate change is due to natural
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CRITICAL THINKING PAPER The issue of global climate change is a prevalent topic in modern society. Many scientists and experts have presented their research on the drastic effects of this global phenomenon. Multitudes of people have responded positively to this advocacy by deciding to stand by the issue through changes in their way of living or disseminating new information they have acquired. We see here that by simply making data and research available to the public‚ something positive can
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fruitful acting career where he earned a pool of fans and promising pay. But asides of getting these‚ he devoted himself into a new working field that is rarely engaged by other celebrities - environmental conservation. He pays much attention over climate change‚ and conservation works were done by Leo in terms of individual‚ national and global during the past years. Individually‚ Leo uses solar panels in his house‚ drives hybrid car rather than the gasoline one. Moreover‚ unlike celebrities like Donald
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