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Published June 2007
Prepared by:Hong Kong Observatory134A Nathan RoadKowloon, Hong Kong
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThe content of this publication was adapted fromthe World Meteorological Organization publication"We care for our climate : WMO-No. 975". TheHong Kong Observatory wishes to thank the WorldMeteorological Organization for its kind permissionto use the material in its publication.
Personality
Ying KitA young man who cares a lotabout climate change
Pui YeeA lady keen in environmentissues
Wai MingAn elderly gentleman livingin the village
IN AN ASSEMBLY HALL...
THESITUATION
ISSERIOUS !!
TIME IS RUNNINGOUT! WE NEED TO ACT
TO SAVE OURCLIMATE!
BUT WHY?WHAT HAS HAPPENED
TO OUR CLIMATE? HOWCAN WE SAVE IT AND
FROM WHOM ?
YING KIT EXPLAINS...
THE ANIMALFEDERATION (ANIFED) HAS
PASSED A RESOLUTION
THAT WE MUST STOP BURNING
WOOD ...
...AND DESTROYING OURFORESTS, AND WE MUST
CHANGE OUR LIFE STYLE __
YOU HAVE ALL NOTICED HOWOUR SKY IS ALWAYS PINKISH
AND HAZY...
...BUT LET ME TELL YOU HOW IT ALL STARTED. ASYOU KNOW, ANIFED GROUPS ORGANIZATIONS OF
ALL LIVING CREATURES, LIKE THE LEAGUE OF BEARS...
THE LEAGUE OFFISH...
...THE LEAGUE OFBIRDS...
...AND OTHERS, ALL THE CREATURES HAVE COMPLAINED TOANIFED ABOUT THEIR WORSENING ENVIRONMENTS DUETO CLIMATE CHANGE AND A RESOLUTION HAS BEENPASSED, CALLING FOR ACTION ! !
A N I F E D
ANIFED
CONSIDERING--
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NOTING----
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URGES ALL
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YING KIT GIVES EXAMPLES...
ONE WINTER
HEY, BROTHER! WHATIS THE DATE?
OH! DON'T UNDERSTAND,IT'S STILL EARLY IN THE
SEASON ! BUT LET'S GO __THERE'S A MEETING...
DEAR FELLOW BEARS: I REGRET TOINFORM YOU THAT, DUE TO HIGHER
TEMPERATURES THIS YEAR, OURHABITAT IS MELTING AWAY!
ALL THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSETOO MANY GREENHOUSE GASESARE BEING INJECTED INTO THEAIR __ LOOK AT THE PINK SKY,THE BURNING RAIN THAT KILLS
OUR FISH AND FORESTS.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO PRESERVEOUR CULTURE AND REAR THESE
TEDDIES WITHOUT ICE!
IT'S THOSEINDUSTRIES FAR
AWAY!!
PLOUF!PLOUF!
CHIEF! LAST SUMMER IWAS SHOCKED BY THEEXHAUST OF PASSING
VANS.
CHIEF ! WE'VE HADENOUGH!
ALL BEARSSTRONGLY CALLFOR ACTION TORESTORE THEIR
HABITAT.
YES! LET ME HAVE YOURAPPROVAL FOR THAT!
ANOTHER ONEHAS LEFT US...
IN THE KINGDOM OF THE LIONS...
VROOOM ! !
THE POST LIONARRIVES
MY CHIEF INFORMS YOUOF SOME NEW
DISEASES THAT ARERUINING OUR HEALTH.
SEE FOR YOURSELFMESSENGER... THESAME FATE HASBEFALLEN US...
WHAT'STHAT?
DRING
DRING
SOUNDS LIKEA CELLPHONE
RINGING?
OH, YES ! ! !IT'S MINE...
HELLO?
YES...YES...OH,I'M SORRY TOHEAR THAT! !
THE LION KING EXPLAINS ...
MY DEAR FELLOW, SOMEBAD NEWS HAS JUST
ARRIVED...
OTHER KINGDOMSREPORT AN INCREASE
OF KILLER FLIES __
EVEN DURINGWINTER...
I NEED YOURAPPROVAL FOR THIS
RESOLUTION !
LIONS OF ALL LANDSSTRONGLY URGE ANIFED TO
PROTECT OUR HABITAT! !
MEANWHILE
IT'S BECOMINGWARMER
AROUND HERE!
YES, IT'S HARDTO SURVIVE !!
SEE !!!THE CORALSARE LOSING
THEIR COLOURS!!!
YES __ ANDI'VE LOSTWEIGHT! ! ! !
I'M SUFFOCATING!THERE'S LESS AND
LESS OXYGEN !
DEAR FRIENDS, BAD NEWS... THE SEASARE WARMER THIS SEASON, CORALS
HAVE BLEACHED, PLANKTON IS RARE, THEOCEANS SEEM TO HAVE MORE CARBON
DIOXIDE GAS THAN BEFORE...
LET'S GO TO A MORECOMFORTABLE PLACE
WHILE WE STILL CAN ! !
MANY SEAS FARTHER AWAY...
I NEED YOURAPPROVAL FOR THIS! FISH OF ALL
OCEANS URGEANIFED TOCLEAN THE
SEAS AND COOLTHE WATER, SOTHAT WE CANLIVE IN
COMFORT!
APPROVED!
IN THE BIRD KINGDOM...
CHIIRPY, CHIIRPY! !IT'S TOO WARM
THIS YEAR!
CHIP, CHIP! OH! LOOKAT THE DYING TREES.MY NEST IS IN THEOPEN. I MUST BUILD
ANOTHER ONE...
CHIRPY, CHIRPY!WORMS ARE FEW
AND DEEPUNDERGROUND...
IT'S TOO HOTFOR THEM!
CHIIIRIIP!CHIIIRIIP! ! !
(HELP!)
OUR QUEEN HASCALLED FOR A
MEETING...
YES, I'M AS ANXIOUS ASYOU. I'VE RECEIVED
SIMILAR DISTURBINGNEWS!
WE DON'T WANT TO DISAPPEARLIKE THE DODO. OUR MONKEY
FRIENDS ARE ALSO SUFFERING,WE'RE SENDING A PETITION TOANIFED, CALLING FOR STEPS TO
RESTORE OUR FOREST.
FAR AWAY
HELLO FATTY, HAVEYOU NOTICED __THE GRASS IS NOLONGER TASTY?
NO, MORE'S THEPITY __ AND THE
FARMER IS HOLDINGTHE WATER BACK!!
THE AIR IS HEAVY,SOME PART OF THE
FOREST ISALWAYS ON FIRE!
I CAN'T PRODUCEMILK BECAUSE
OF THE STRESS.
MEUUUUUHHI'M SWEATING!!!
DO YOU KNOW WEARE BLAMED FOREMITTING A GASCALLED METHANE
WHICH IS WARMINGTHE CLIMATE UP?
SNIFF ! !SNIFF!
WHAAAAT? MEUTHAANE?HOW CAN IT BE? WE'RELIVING THE WAY WE'VE
ALWAYS LIVED!
LET'S SEE THE CHIEF!
DEAR FRIENDS, WE HAVEMANY COMPLAINTS __ OUR
COWS ARE FALLING SICKBECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE
MILK...
SO LISTENTO ME !!
WE CALL FOR THEPROTECTION OF OUR FOREST
AND THE GREEN GRASS ! !
IN THE DESERT
WE HAVEN'T HAD A DROPOF WATER TO DRINK FOR
A LONG TIME! I DON'T UNDERSTAND!ALL THE WELLS ON
THE WAY HERE WEREDRY! !
AND DID YOU SEETHE CARCASSES IN
THE SAND?
THE MASTERS SAY THISSUMMER IS THE WORST
EVER. THERE HASN'T BEENANY RAIN FOR MANY
YEARS NOW !
BACK IN THE ASSEMBLY HALL...
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARDTO BELIEVE THAT WE
CAN CHANGE THEEARTH'S CLIMATE __
BUT WE ARE!
THE GREENHOUSEGASES AROUNDTHE EARTH ARE
DENSER AND MAYBE HAVING
HARMFUL EFFECTS...
WHAT ISTHIS
GREENHOUSEEFFECT?
THE GREENHOUSE GASESFROM OUR INDUSTRIESARE BECOMING DENSER...
SUN
YOU SEE, THIS LAYER OFGREENHOUSE GASES LETS THE
SUN'S RAYS REACH THE EARTH'SSURFACE BUT DOESN'T ALLOWEXCESS HEAT PRODUCED BY US
TO ESCAPE INTO SPACE.
WHAT ARETHESE
GASES?
AMONG THE COMMON ONESARE CARBON DIOXIDE, THE
NITROUS GASES,METHANE...
CARBON DIOXIDE, METHANE, NITROUS OXIDE,HYDROFLUOROCARBONS,SULPHUR HEXAFLUORIDE
MY FATHER PLANTS HISTOMATOES IN A
GREENHOUSE. HE SAYS IT'SGOOD FOR THE CROP YIELD.
THAT'S TRUE TO A CERTAINEXTENT BUT, IF THE TEMPERATURE
INSIDE YOUR FATHER'SGREENHOUSE BECOMES TOO HIGH,HIS PLANTS WILL DIE UNLESS HE
SUPPLIES FRESH AIR!
THE WORLD METEOROLOGICALORGANIZATION (WMO) HAS BEEN
COLLECTING INFORMATION FOR MORE THAN50 YEARS NOW...
...AND SCIENTISTS HAVECONCLUDED THAT WE'RE
HARMING THE CLIMATE __WE MUST CHANGE OUR
HABITS!!!
OUR CROPS CAN NO LONGERSTAND THE RISING
TEMPERATURES, AND THEWARMER SEAS ARE BAD FOR
MARINE LIFE...
OH !! BUT ISN'T IT NICETO SWIM IN THE WARM
SEA! ! !?
WMO
THIS HAD BETTER NOTHAPPEN __ THE EFFECTS
ARE TOO BAD TOIMAGINE! !
YOU SEE __ SINCE THE SEACOVERS 75% OF THEEARTH'S SURFACE, A
WARMER SEA WILL EXPANDAND SPILL OVER THE LAND!
GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSINGDESERTS TO SPREAD. MILLIONS
WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMESIF THIS CONTINUES...
DESERT
LAND
OCEAN
...AND THIS WILL INCREASE HARDSHIP FURTHER ! ! !
NOW I UNDERSTAND!! SOMUCH HAS CHANGED
AROUND HERE,THE SKY USED
TO BE...
CLEAR BLUEDURING THE DAY
AND FULL OFSTARS
AT NIGHT.
I USED TO BRING BACKENOUGH FISH FOR THE
WHOLE FAMILY. NOWADAYS,FISH ARE SCARCE...
YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELVES THATTHINGS HAVE CHANGED. IF WE DON'T
ACT, THE SITUATION WILL GETWORSE! WE MAY BE PLAGUED
BY DISEASES ! ! !
HARMFUL RAYS FROM THE SUNWILL REACH US IN GREATER
AMOUNTS AND BURN OUR SKINAND AFFECT OUR EYES! !
GLOBAL WARMING MAY CAUSEMORE FREQUENT HEAT WAVESWHICH ARE BAD FOR BOTH OUR
OLD FOLKS AND CHILDREN !
WITH WARMER SEAS,STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE
FIERCER AND MOREDIFFICULT TO PREDICT!
SOCRITICAL!
ANY WAYOUT?
WHO CANHELP?
WHATSHOULDWE DO?
WE CAN DOSEVERALTHINGS!
PLANTTREES!!
LET'S WALK OR USE OURBIKES __ IT SAVES FUEL ANDIS GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH !
TREES ABSORB CARBONDIOXIDE, THEY KEEP THE AIRCLEAN AND PROVIDE RELIEF
FROM THE SUN.
AND WE WON'T ALLOWOUR LIVESTOCK TO EAT
THE YOUNG TREES!
USE MANUAL GRASSMOWERS!
LET'S SORT OUT OURTRASH FOR RECYCLING...
...USE RENEWABLE ENERGY!
PUI YEE, WAI MING AND SHANSHAN : WILL YOU COME WITH
ME AND SPREAD THEMESSAGE ?! !
LET'S TAKE CARE OF OUR TREES
AND RIVERS...
TALK TO YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS ABOUTTHE ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL WARMING...
IN MEETINGS
LET'S KEEP OUR AIR,WATER AND
ENVIRONMENT CLEAN...
IN SCHOOLS
THE WORLD IS YOURS __
TAKE CARE OF IT NOW !!!
Published by the Hong Kong Observatory
Story adapted from the World Meteorological Organization
publication "We care for our climate : WMO-No. 975"
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