Awareness week   |   The exhibition   |   The exhibitors   |   Shops involved   |   Sponsors THE EFFECTS   on the weather   |   on the sea   |   on agriculture   |   on wildlife   |   on you SHOW YOU CARE   while shopping   |   while at work   |   while at home The highest UK temperature ever (38.5°C) was recorded in Kent, in August 2003   What is climate change? When people talk about climate change, they usually mean recent changes, or expected future changes, in the Earth's climate. If enough of us care enough, we can make a difference. It's simple. Just enter your name and county to show you care. Name:  County:  Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumberland Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huntingdonshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Middlesex Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Scotland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Wales Warwickshire Westmorland Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire Name:  County:  Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumberland Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huntingdonshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Middlesex Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Scotland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Wales Warwickshire Westmorland Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire Age:  Under 18 18 to 30 31 to 45 46 to 60 Over 60 Email:  Male Female Postcode:  The details including your email address, may be used to keep you informed about future NEF climate change activities, services and events. If you do not wish to receive such information, please tick this box These changes could affect all parts of the world, but in different ways. In the UK, climate change is already leading to: more frequent heatwaves and fewer frosts, more rain but on fewer days - which means more storm damage and flash floods, and a 10cm higher sea level around the UK than in 1900. The largest single cause of climate change is the use of fossil fuels like oil and gas. It works like this: 1. Burning fossil fuels to generate electricity releases gases such as carbon dioxide (a "greenhouse gas") into the atmosphere. 2. Greenhouse gases help keep more heat in the Earth's atmosphere (global warming). 3. Global warming leads to climate change. Greenhouse gases are released whenever we use our gas or electrical household appliances - like the TV, cooker, washing machine or electric lights - when we drive a car or fly in a plane, and when we do dozens of other things in our everyday lives. Many scientists believe we have to cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next 10-20 years to prevent extreme climate change. By changing some of these things we do now, we won't reverse what has already happened, but we can help to change what happens in the future. "Many scientists believe we have to cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next 10-20 years to prevent extreme climate change" The National Energy Foundation, Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes MK5 8NG. Regd. in England with liability limited by guarantee No. 2218531 Regd. Charity No. 298951 © National Energy Foundation 2009. Data Protection Policy