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Green energy; make the switch
By Lisa Pettit, Uswitch
- 61% say they have shelled out cash to insulate their homes
- 57% are washing clothes at lower temperatures
- 70% claim not to leave appliances on standby
- 79% don't think they have enough information to become more energy efficient
- Only 200,0002 (0.8% of the entire UK population) are on a green energy tariff
- Ecosystems will be particularly vulnerable to climate change, with an estimated 14 - 40% of species potentially facing extinction if temperatures increased by 2°C
- The stock of greenhouse gases could more than treble by the end of the century - this means we would face at least a 50% risk of exceeding 5°C global average temperature change. An illustration of the scale of such an increase is that the planet is now only 5°C warmer than the last ice age
- With global warming of 4°C , global food production is likely to be seriously affected
- According to one estimate, by the middle of the century, 200 million people may become permanently displaced due to rising sea levels, heavier floods, and more intense droughts
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