We asked people in our school and here it is a subject much talked about. we talk a lot about the renovation of our school. buildings emit a lot of CO2 because they lose a lot of warm air

Oups, there seems to be computermade confusion...we are not new zealand..... but gremany: There are many articles about climate change appearing in NZ newspapers every day. They are given high priority because climate change, and the NZ government's response to it, are very important issues for New Zealanders.

NZ is a country that produces a lot of agricultural products for export to other countries (lamb, beef, butter, milk). It is very dependent on these products but these products produce a lot of carbon emissions - especially methane. About 1/2 of NZ's total carbon emissions are from agriculture.

NZ signed the Kyoto Protocol and is responsible for its carbon emissions. It is proposing to put in place an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to make the people that produce the country's emissions, pay for them. Lots of articles appear in newspapers about the ETS.

One that caught my eye is a survey of public opinion about the ETS. 77% of NZers think that the people that create the carbon emissions should pay for them. But most people think that our farmers should only pay for 40% (or less) of their emissions. Making them pay more might make them uncompetitive with farmers from other countries - meaning we'd sell less and have less money. Lots of NZers support a tax on products imported into NZ from countries that don't make their polluters pay for their carbon emissions.

I think Climate Change brings fear of the unknown because we all know it's happening but it's hard to know how rapidly changes are occuring. Because Climate Change is a gradual process, some people don't realise the consequences and effects it is having on the earth without a smack in the face like a natural disaster.

I think Climate Change brings opportunity to people all around the world. It is a chance for people to make conscious decisions to benefit the environment and to strengthen local, national and international communities because community should be the basis of climate change adaptation and mitigation.

I would tell everyone to read "The Lorax" by Dr Seuss.

It's a wonderful story and tells us about the bad impact humans can have on the environment.

The greedy "Onceler" chops down the "Truffula Trees" to make something called a "Thneed" (that no-one really needs). The "Lorax", who speaks for the trees, warns the Onceler about doing this but the Onceler doesn't listen, and.....well....you'll have to read the book to see what happens.

But as the Onceler says at the end of the book -

"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not!"

Efficiency from the bottom up... this sounds as if a politician was talking but I really mean it like that. We always think about money but the really important and precious "property" we have is our earth and so it should always be in our mind. Now we have in mind: "Oh, this new pullover costs 30 Euro but we should think "Oh this new pullover did cost the earth tenthousand liters of water and because of an amount of ...... CO2 was emitted into the air."

I live in the countryside and we use the car a lot. I blame me for this but also the fact that there is no public transport at all.

No more talking let's act and we don't wait that someone else acts first.

lots and lots of things. a law that only energy efficient houses are allowed to build. Pulic transport needs to become much better. We must ensure that train services are able to compete with air travel. There is no tax on airline fuel, but the rail operator must pay the full value-added tax on the sale of long-distance tickets.