Easy read draft Climate Strategy September 2021

The climate is what the weather is like across the world over many years. The climate is changing and the world is getting warmer.

This is because people have been burning fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are things like coal, oil and gas.

We burn fossil fuels to power cars, planes and other transport. We also use fossil fuels for heating our homes and to make electricity for factories.

When we burn fossil fuels we make carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a gas in the air that stops the world from cooling down.

Sometimes we call carbon dioxide, CO₂ or carbon.

If the world gets too hot people might not be able to get enough water and it will be harder to grow food.

The weather will get more dangerous. Some places will have big wildfires or storms. Some parts of the world will be too hot to live in. Some places will be flooded.

Some animals and plants will have nowhere to live and will die out.