Year 11 - Citizenship
Have climate conferences made a positive impact?
How effective is the UN and SDGs on promoting sustainability?
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Unit Summary
Pupils consider what role international organisations play in sustainability and climate justice.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to evaluate whether climate conferences have made a positive impact on the UN's work on tackling climate change.
Key Notes
- COP meetings allow countries to negotiate climate action and set goals such as global emission reduction targets.
- COP meetings help ensure that all nations have a voice in shaping climate solutions.
- The Kyoto Protocol was the first international treaty to set legally binding emissions targets.
- The Paris Agreement focused on limiting temperature rise and promoted flexible, self-set targets for all nations.
- Active citizenship, through protests and citizen assemblies, helps influence climate action at global conferences.
Vocabulary To Learn
- COP: stands for Conference of the Parties, an annual meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Paris Agreement: an international treaty on climate change that came into force in 2016; the treaty addresses climate change mitigation, adaptation and climate finance
- active citizenship: the process of learning how to take part in democracy and use Citizenship knowledge, skills and understanding to work together and try to make a positive difference in the world
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Climate conferences are just an opportunity to talk, nothing gets done.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
COP meetings allow countries to negotiate climate action and set goals such as global emission reduction targets. COP meetings help ensure that all nations have a voice in shaping climate solutions.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'COP'
stands for Conference of the Parties, an annual meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Climate conferences are just an opportunity to talk, nothing gets done. Correction: They are a chance to bring together world leaders to agree positive actions and work out problems. COP have secured important international agreements that have really helped to tackle climate change; the Paris Agreement is an example of this.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Deliberative discussion: How effective is the UN on tackling climate change? Study Guide
- How are countries working to overcome the climate crisis? Study Guide
- How does climate action affect low income and newly emerging countries? Study Guide
- How is climate change a threat to nations? Study Guide
- What is the role of the UN in climate action and sustainability? Study Guide
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