Year 11 - Citizenship
How does climate action affect low income and newly emerging countries?
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 explain how climate action impacts low income and newly emerging countries, both positively and negatively.
Key Notes
- SDG progress has been slower than expected due to challenges like global events, political changes & economic setbacks.
- Despite positive steps, such as renewable energy growth, the SDGs are not currently on track to meet their targets.
- For LICs, transitioning to renewable energy can take up a large share of GDP, hindering development.
Vocabulary To Learn
- policy: courses of action or goals that people plan to carry out or are in the process of carrying out
- climate action: efforts taken to combat climate change and its impacts
- industrialisation: the process of developing and expanding industries in a country or region
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Climate action is positive for all of the world.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
SDG progress has been slower than expected due to challenges like global events, political changes & economic setbacks. Despite positive steps, such as renewable energy growth, the SDGs are not currently on track to meet their targets.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'policy'
courses of action or goals that people plan to carry out or are in the process of carrying out.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Climate action is positive for all of the world. Correction: Climate action aims to benefit the world, but creates political challenges. Whilst low income countries are asked to reduce industries, some of the world's largest polluters are wealthy nations, creating an imbalance in responsibility.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Deliberative discussion: How effective is the UN on tackling climate change? Study Guide
- Have climate conferences made a positive impact? Study Guide
- How are countries working to overcome the climate crisis? 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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