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Introduction:

Climate Changes will have a decisive effect on all parts of the planet, and in this 
respect it is important that, what has to be done, is a result of a common effort from 
all parties involved. The citizens with their daily work and activities are one part, the 
different business sectors with their production and activities are another important 
partThe governments are meant to decide the frames and conditions for the activities 
and the production and, through that, how effective the adaption to Climate Changes 
will be, or if there will an adaption at all. 
 
It is thus important that the governments not only acknowledge there is a problem to 
address, but also decides to be in the front in taking care of it. This is not always the 
case. Some governments are taken progressive steps, others hesitate to take the 
problem serious, and others again feel forced to further traditional economic growth 
through continued use of fossil fuels. Especially gas, but also coal, is relatively 
cheap at the moment. Other sources of energy may require more investments. Their 
concern is often how to balance the different economic interests in the society and 
their interests in getting re-elected. 
 
The businesses are divided upon the matter depending on what source of energy they 
have based their production. Many businesses though do take steps towards a more 
green production, because a green profile is profitable towards their customers. 
Their main claim to the politicians is mainly to make general regulations so they can 
compete on equal ground. Their concern is in principal economic. 
 
The citizens are sometimes left in a situation with a doubt upon what to do because 
of this hesitation from the political and economical interests involved. At the same 
time many ordinary people around the globe have experienced more frequent 
extreme weather situations resulting in heavy rain and floods, or droughts, or fierce 
hurricanes or tornados, all causing great damages to their life and property. The 
understanding of that we have to react towards changes in the climate is widely 
accepted of the people around in the different regions of the earth, and in many 
places people act upon this. Their concern is the fundaments for their life and 
property, sometimes even their life itself. 
 
It is obvious that if all parties work together towards the same goals the actions 
taken will have a decisive effect. Though the general debate about climate changes 
has not been so distinct in the recent years, there have been initiatives on a broad 
scale. 
 
There are initiatives all over the world in different scales. This task is about Europe 
where the implications from the climate changes have different consequences e.g. in 
the north and in the south. Southern Europe will likely face less rain and can e.g. in 
Spain lead to a beginning desertification process. There can be more droughts in big 
parts of Europe, more heavy rain and floods all over, but especially in Central 
Europe. All parts will face a rising sea level, a problem for the many European cities 
at the sea or along rivers. Increasing temperatures in the north and the Arctic area 
will introduce more traffic and more mining activities, both potential dangerous to 
the environment there. Increasing temperatures will also implicate changed 
cultivation patterns, the borders for crops to grow will extend to the north. So will 
the flora and the fauna, and so will various diseases like malaria. 
 
Europe,and EU, has for some years been in the front in advocating a transition to 
renewable energies from fossil fuels to mitigate the climate changes. The goals have 
been relatively high according to other parts of the world, but not so impressing if 
we compare to what is needed. This task is to investigate what are eventual common 
initiatives to adapt to the climate changes we face now and in the future.

Directive:

Read the introduction and the questions and make clear the overall aim of the task. 
Read the files. If there are no files present you search for relevant files yourself. 
The origin of those additional sources must be noted for control. 
 
Product: 
Make a lively presentation for your team about the issues mentioned below 
and write a conclusion about the geographical features and their importance for the 
kind of development Europe has gone through. 
Include the issues mentioned below. 
 
The issues to work with: 
1. What is the overall characteristic of the climate in general in Europe, and what 
are the main regional differences between the western, eastern and southern 
Europe 
 
2. What is done regarding the possible scenarios according to the predicted 
climate changes in the different parts of Europe, especially in relation to 
extreme weather conditions like heavy winds, heavy precipitation, sea level 
rising and changes in the seasons. Examples:
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">a) Desertification risqu&eacute; in Southern Europe 
b) Coastal erosion in Western Europe due to sea level rising 
c) Floods in Central and Eastern Europe 
d) The inclusion of former permanent frost areas in Northern Europe 
e) More frequent traffic in the arctic oceans 
f) More mining activities in the arctic areas</div>
 
3. What is done regarding the millions living in cities at the sea or at the 
riverbanks 
 
4. What is done in the country you are residing in cooperation between the 
government and the citizens? 
 
5. What are the plans and initiatives on EU level including actions from the 
citizens in EU? 
 
6. Does EU/Europe take any responsibility to help the poor part of the world to 
adapt to climate changes? 
 
7. Note and present other relevant issues you find valid for the aim of the task

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