a) What has planting trees to do with climate change?

Planting trees has a lot to do in climate change due to the following

- Trees infiltrate carbondioxide gas that causes global warming, trees also influence rainfall, prevent heavy floods, soil erosion and drought but also trees provide habitat for wild animals.

b) Do you know someone who is taking action to fight climate change? What is the motivation of this person?

-Someone who is taking action to fight climate change is US because we are teaching our fellow students the topic of climate change and we are also participating in the Hot stuff chillout project with our friends in other parts of the world.

-We are motivated by Tanzania Youth Environmental Network(TAYEN).

wo found a picture of Wangari Maathai on the internet Look at her: we added the picture in here....

YES they can be climate heros in our country as well, the expectation is high because we believe they will make a difference in fighting climate change.

In 2002, the Tanzanian government passed the Forest Act which banned exportation of logs starting in July 2004. However, the regulations were poorly enforced and illegal logging continued apace—by one estimate the country lost 91,000 hectares to illegal felling each year. In early 2006, the Tanzanian government reinforced the export ban logs and sandalwood in an effort to reduce deforestation. The country planted 100 million trees between 1999 and 2006.

As far as we know there are enough forests in Switzerland, forests are even growing...so in Switzerland climate heros should emphasize on other things like for example mobility. We are also worried about the coral reefs. What could we do about them?some reefs are expected to vanish by 2020. If climate change is not stopped, coral bleaching is set to steadily increase in frequency and intensity all over the world reefs: it could take hundreds of years to recover. Tourism and fishing industries depends on them, and damage to coastal regions would be devastating: they are currently protected by the coral reefs that line most tropical coastlines. In the picture you can see Mafia Island close to Tanzania.

YES this is our time because I have read and heard a lot about climate change and now I have a chance to be a climate hero through practical demostration of what I have learnt and heard about climate change and influence people in different ways.

If people are feeling the negative impact of climate change the difference I can make is to provide enough information and demostration on how to stop climate change and get enough support from government departments dealing with environmental conservation.

-This question simply means number of people in the world have increased resulting into lack of resources like food to meet the needs of current and future generation.