Year 11 - Citizenship
What is the role of the UN in climate action and sustainability?
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 the UN is working to end the climate crisis.
Key Notes
- Climate change poses serious challenges to humanity, including health issues, people displacement and resource scarcity.
- The UN uses both hard and soft power to drive global change, despite facing political and practical challenges.
- The SDGs are 17 global goals set by the UN to promote sustainable development and reduce inequality by 2030.
- The UN's work on the SDGs and peacekeeping shows its long-term influence, though action can be slow and complex.
Vocabulary To Learn
- climate action: efforts taken to combat climate change and its impacts
- United Nations (UN): an international organisation comprising most countries in the world which aims to promote peace, security and international cooperation
- Sustainable Development Goals: the UN's 'global goals' to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Climate change is a slow moving threat with limited impact on humanity so far.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Climate change poses serious challenges to humanity, including health issues, people displacement and resource scarcity. The UN uses both hard and soft power to drive global change, despite facing political and practical challenges.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'climate action'
efforts taken to combat climate change and its impacts.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Climate change is a slow moving threat with limited impact on humanity so far. Correction: Climate change is costing countries billions of dollars a year. There is already a cost to human life due to extreme weather events. Equally, governments are facing huge challenges to become more resilient to climate change.
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 does climate action affect low income and newly emerging countries? Study Guide
- How is climate change a threat to nations? Study Guide
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