Description: Changing with the climate, comenius
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All the available evidence indicates that changes in the climate are not only continuing but also that the impacts of climate change are becoming more severe and wide spread. For these reasons, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recommended in its most recent report that the average global temperature rise should not exceed 1.5 C rather than 2.0 C as agreed at the Conference of the Parties, Paris in December 2015. This limit will require global carbon emissions to be stabilised as soon
Changing with the climate was a Comenius funded network between 2011 and 2013 that linked schools across Europe to educate students in the need for limiting climate change and initiating local actions. The educational resources, which the network has developed, help to explain not only why the climate is changing, but also what each of us can and should do to limit climate change.
Sustainable development aims to reconcile the desire for higher living standards for all people with protection and enhancement of the environment, there being an obligation on the present generation to leave the world in a fit state for succeeding generations to enjoy. “ To leave no one behind and to create a world of dignity for all ” is the overall aim of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed by the UN General Assembly in September 2015 for the 15 year period from 2016 to 2030.