Climate change is concern

Institutions for the environment have been set as target emerge media adaptation strategies to raise awareness among the population of the danger to represent national and global climate change.

The project is chaired by Climacción, an initiative of individuals and entities concerned about the negative impact of global climate change, which will support the dissemination of accurate and up-to-date information on climate change in Dominican Republic in order to empower all sectors of the population to adapt to the risks arising from the same.

Current studies indicate that environmental conditions are already provided for an increase of two degrees Celsius (2 degrees C) relative to pre-industrial times.

An increase of this magnitude would result in increased drought and desertification in many parts of the world, accelerating the melting of glaciers and the extinction of u000afrom 15 to 40% of the species of animals and plants.

Dominican Republic is in eighth place in climate risk worldwide.

Visible effects on the island are: loss of 14% of the national territory by 2100, increased intensity and frequency of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, storms and others; increase in diseases related to change of temperature, among other equally important.

For the explanation of the processes of climate change have taken the principle of exponential growth, which identifies the small percentage increase, but at a steady rate, which reaches a relevant numerical level at any given time and since acceleration is produced.

Climacción has the backing of institutions concerned also about the environment and the improvement of this. Organizations include Metro Group, Civil Defense, Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral (IDDI), the u000aNational Confederation of women's field (Conamuca), the United States for Integral Development (Usaid) Agency, among others.

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The consequences of climate change
said David Luther, executive director of the IDDI, social consequences resulting climate change are human and material losses millionaires; significant tourism, agriculture and property damage. Also revealed that Dominican Republic is the third country in the Caribbean island which has greater intake of greenhouse.

To meet your goals Climacción has done workshops for journalists, with the aim that through these the population take conscience, because they understand that if there is a way of speaking to society is through the press, whether written, radio, digital, or television.

"Intend to that through what teach them to it they can speak to society with a language clear about what this" u000ahappening... ", stated.

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