2.a) What’s written in our newspapers?

 

About Switzerland:

 

• Lower floods

• Atomic power plant

 

About the rest of the world:

 

• Global warming

- Forest fires

- Droughts

- Storms (Hurricanes. Tornados...)

- Melting polar caps

- Rising water level -> Floodwaves

 

• Destruction of the rainforest

 

• Environmental pollution

- Leakage oil of super tankers

 

• Extinction of species

 

 

2.b) Our newspapers solutions

 

• Renewable energy

- Wind energy

- Solar energy

 

• Recycling

- For example aluminium

- Batteries

 

• Less fuel consumption

- Electric and Hybrid cars

- Less taxes for drivers with energy-efficient cars

 

• House isolation

 

2.c) The priority of the reports in our newspapers

 

Especially the reports about big disasters like a flood or a forest fire, which are problems which people are involved in, have got a big priority in our newspapers. Other things like the destruction of the rainforest or the pollution of the oceans aren’t very important in our newspapers.

 

2.d) An impressive headline

 

In our daily free newspaper „20 minutes“ there was an interesting article about global warming last week, and especially about the melting polar caps. Apparent they melt many faster than expected.

I can’t really remember the headline, but the article impressed me a lot, because for example polarbears won’t have any ice anymore to relax on and will drown, and in the end we wont’t have any polarbears on our planet anymore. And the melting polarcaps are the main reason of the rising water level, which is a big problem for coastal areas. And when the sun-reflecting ice is gone, there is only water left, which will get warmer and warmer, and so the climate. It’s just the beginning...

The headline was something like: „The Arctic is smelting away“

 

2.e) My idea for a headline

 

I think the best name for an article about the whole theme of climate chane would be something like: „Climate Changing - Yes it IS a problem!“ or „Why our time is running out“ Just something which shows the readers, us, that we can’t ignore our biggest problem anymore. But if it was so easy...