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The Oil & Gas Industry and the Environment
Module 2: Environmental Issues & Dynamics
■ Climate Change: Greenhouse Effect | Importance | Facts |
                               Sources of GHGs | Response | Recap

Climate Change Facts
 
Looking at the data below, how much of a problem do you think climate change is?
  • Variations in the Earth's surface temperature for the past 140 years
  • World energy supply by fuel
  • Carbon dioxide emissions by region

Sources of GHGs from the industry
 
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Variations in the Earth's surface temperature for the past 140 years.

[Source: Climate Change: the scientific basis , IPCC 2001]


[Source: International Energy Agency (IEA), 2000.  In: Global Environmental Outlook, 2003]


[Source: Global Environmental Outlook, 2003.]