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Greenpeace in Israel, planting turbines in front of a coal power plant

Greenpeace in Israel, planting turbines in front of a coal power plant

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Climate change is already happening; we are witnessing it in the increase in extreme weather events like droughts, floods and forest fires, which have been happening worldwide over recent years.

Climate change means global warming. Temperatures are increasing, glaciers and the ice-caps are melting and sea levels rising. Our planet is overheating. This leads to water shortages, extinction of plants and animal species and numerous other consequences.

Weather monitoring in the south of the Mediterranean indicates that temperatures are getting hotter and the amount of cloud cover has decreased. Less rain reduces water resources, which threatens plants and animals as well as food production. If climate change continues, the future of the Mediterranean would be a desert-like climate.

The only solution is to drastically cut down our global CO2 emissions. Luckily, the Mediterranean region is blessed with an unlimited amount of clean solar and wind energy as well as geothermal energy in Turkey. The techniques to use these renewable energies already exist, but we need strong government support to make clean renewable energy cost-effective. That’s what Greenpeace is fighting for around the world including right here in the Mediterranean. 

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