Year 11 - Citizenship
How is climate change a threat to nations?
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 the human and environmental impact of climate change on nations.
Key Notes
- Climate change drives species extinction, habitat loss, and soil erosion, worsening the environmental crisis.
- Positive action is happening at individual, group, and government levels to combat climate change.
- Climate change impacts human rights, with vulnerable communities facing food insecurity, health risks, and displacement.
- Resource scarcity from climate change threatens global stability, increasing the risk of conflict and civil unrest.
Vocabulary To Learn
- climate change: the long-term changes in the Earth's weather patterns and temperatures, often caused by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and pollution
- human rights: basic rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to
- resource scarcity: the limited availability of natural resources, such as food, water, fuel, and raw materials, which are required to meet the needs of the population
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Climate change only affects the environment.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Climate change drives species extinction, habitat loss, and soil erosion, worsening the environmental crisis. Positive action is happening at individual, group, and government levels to combat climate change.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'climate change'
the long-term changes in the Earth's weather patterns and temperatures, often caused by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and pollution.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Climate change only affects the environment. Correction: Climate change also impacts human rights, causing issues like food insecurity, displacement, and health risks, particularly for vulnerable communities.
More Lessons In This Unit
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- Have climate conferences made a positive impact? 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
- What is the role of the UN in climate action and sustainability? Study Guide
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