In 1991, Denmark installed the world’s first offshore wind farm “Vindeby” which included 11 wind turbines.
I 1991, shuiteáil an Danmhairg “Vindeby”, an chéad fheirm ghaoithe amach ón gcósta, ina raibh 11 tuirbín gaoithe.
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Roghnaigh cárta chun tuilleadh a fhoghlaim faoin athrú aeráide agus an méid is féidir leatsa a dhéanamh a fheiceáil!
Renewable energy now provides nearly a third of all the world’s electricity.
Soláthraíonn foinsí in-athnuaite fuinnimh beagnach trian de leictreachas an domhain anois.
The EU generated more of its electricity in 2021 from renewable energy (38%) than fossil fuels (35%).
Ghin AE níos mó dá leictreachas in 2021 ó fhoinsí in-athnuaite fuinnimh (38 %) ná ó bhreoslaí iontaise (35 %).
Taking action to prevent floods can save lives and money: each euro spent on flood protection could save six euros in repair costs!
Trí rud éigin a dhéanamh chun tuilte a chosc is féidir saol daoine a thabhairt slán agus airgead a shábháil: d’fhéadfadh gach 1 euro a chaitear ar chosc tuilte 6 euro a shábháil ar chostais athchóirithe!
An area of tropical forest about the same size as Greece is cut down every year.
Gearrtar limistéar d’fhoraois thrópaiceach atá thart ar an méid céanna leis an nGréig gach bliain.
Soils are home to over a quarter of all living species on Earth.
Is san ithir a gheofar os cionn aon cheathrú de gach speiceas beo ar Domhan.
Almost all countries in the world are members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – that's 197, including all EU Member States and the EU as an organisation.
Tá beagnach gach tír sa domhan ina comhalta de Chreat-Choinbhinsiún na Náisiún Aontaithe maidir leis an Athrú Aeráide — is é sin 197 dtír, lena n-áirítear gach Ballstát an Aontais ina n-aonar, agus an tAontas mar eagraíocht.
The average carbon footprint of a European is nearly 7 tonnes of CO2 a year.
Is é 7 dtonna CO2 in aghaidh na bliana meánlorg coise carbóin an Eorpaigh.
Over 90 % of Europeans think climate change is a serious problem. What do people in your country think?
Ceapann breis is 90 % d’Eorpaigh gur fadhb thromchúiseach é an t-athrú aeráide. Cad é tuairim mhuintir do thíre féin? Faigh amach anseo
The city of Venice sank by more than 20 cm in the 20th century.
Chuaigh cathair na Veinéise breis is 20 cm faoi uisce sa 20ú haois.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that of the 100 or so types of crops that provide 90 % of food worldwide, 71 are pollinated by bees!
Measann Foras Bia agus Talmhaíochta na Náisiún Aontaithe go bhfuil 71 as an 100 nó níos mó cineál bairr a sholáthraíonn 90 % den bhia ar fud an domhain, pailnithe ag beacha!
Only 2.5 % of water on the Earth is fresh water. Of this, over two-thirds are frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps.
Ní úruisce é ach 2.5 % den uisce ar an Domhan. Tá dhá thrian de seo reoite in oighearshrutha agus i gcaidhpeanna polacha oighir. Mar sin bain úsáid chríonna as uisce!
Scientists believe that oceans are acidifying faster today than at any time in the last 300 million years.
Creideann eolaithe go bhfuil aibhneacha á n-aigéadú níos gaiste inniu ná a bhí ag am ar bith riamh le 300 milliún bliain anuas.
Oceans absorb about 4 kg of CO2 per person per day.
Ionsúnn aigéin thart ar 4 kg CO2 in aghaidh an duine sa lá.
Between 1900 and 2015, over 30,000 natural disasters occurred worldwide, causing around €6 trillion worth of damage.
Tharla os cionn 30 000 tubaiste nádúrtha ar fud an domhain idir 1900 agus 2015, a chosain €6 thrilliún.
Did you know that the European Union has its own satellite programme for observing the Earth? It's called Copernicus and it's the most advanced system in the world for monitoring the planet.
An raibh a fhios agat go bhfuil a chlár satailíte féin ag an Aontas Eorpach chun breathnú ar an Domhan? Copernicus a thugtar air agus tá sé ar an gcóras is forbartha ar domhan chun monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar an bpláinéad. Sé fhine satailítí atá in Copernicus — “Fairtheoirí” — a léaschóipeálann íomhánna ardghléine den talamh agus den fharraige anuas chugainn. Is féidir le duine ar bith na híomhánna sin a úsáid, saor in aisce, do chuspóir ar bith, lena n-áirítear athruithe ar an aeráid agus ar an timpeallacht a rianú.
Without the greenhouse effect, the average temperature on Earth would be a chilly -18 °C instead of the comfortable 15 °C it is today – far too cold for plants and animals, including us, to survive!
Murach an iarmhairt cheaptha teasa, bheadh an meánteocht ar an Domhan ag -18 °C fuar in áit an 15 °C compordach atá sé inniu — i bhfad rófhuar do phlandaí agus d’ainmhithe, agus dúinne chomh maith, chun maireachtáil!
Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU were reduced by 23 % between 1990 and 2018.
Laghdaíodh astaíochtaí gás ceaptha teasa san AE de 23 % idir 1990 agus 2018.
One third of investments from the EU’s NextGenerationEU Recovery Plan, and the EU’s seven-year budget will finance the European Green Deal. That’s EUR 600 billion!
Is le trian de na hinfheistíochtaí ó Ionstraim Théarnaimh AE, NextGenerationEU, agus buiséad 7 mbliana AE a mhaoineofar an Comhaontú Glas don Eoraip. Sin EUR 600 billiún!
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former US Vice-President Al Gore were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for their work on climate change.
Bronnadh duais Nobel na Síochána le chéile ar an bPainéal Idir-Rialtasach ar an Athrú Aeráide agus ar iar-Leasuachtarán SA Al Gore in 2007 as a gcuid oibre ar an athrú aeráide.
In 2018, the EU was responsible for less than 10 % of global CO2 emissions, while China accounted for around 30 % and the US 14 %.
In 2016, bhí an tAontas freagrach as níos lú ná 10 % d’astaíochtaí domhanda CO2, bhí an tSín freagrach as 29 % díobh agus na SA as 14 % díobh.
The EU aims to cut emissions from transport by at least 90 % by 2050.
Tá sé mar aidhm ag AE astaíochtaí ón iompar a laghdú de 90 % ar a laghad faoi 2050.
Cooking oil, fruit peelings and vegetable scraps can be converted into car fuel.
Ola chócaireachta, craicne torthaí agus fuílleach glasraí a thiontú go breosla cairr.
More than 4.5 million people work full-time in the EU's green sector.
Oibríonn breis agus 4.5 milliún duine go lánaimseartha in earnáil ghlas AE. An earnáil ghlas: poist a bhaineann leis an gcomhshaol a chosaint agus a chaomhnú, mar shampla i mbainistíocht uisce agus dramhaíola, athchúrsáil agus fuinneamh in-athnuaite.
By the end of 2020, all new buildings in the EU will have to be nearly carbon-neutral.
Faoi dheireadh 2020, beidh ar gach foirgneamh in AE a bheith neodrach ó thaobh carbóin de, nó geall leis.
Cities cover around 2% of the Earth’s surface but are home to more than half the world’s population.
Cumhdaíonn cathracha thart ar 2% de dhromchla an Domhain ach tá níos mó ná leath de dhaonra an domhain ina chónaí iontu.
The energy consumption of buildings constructed nowadays is on average about one third of the energy consumption of buildings constructed before 2005.
Is ionann ídiú fuinnimh foirgneamh a thógtar sa lá atá inniu ann agus thart ar aon trian d’ídiú fuinnimh na bhfoirgneamh a tógadh roimh 2005.
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