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Year 8 - Geography

Climate justice and environmental inequality

Global inequalities and development: how does life vary around the world?

Unit Summary

This unit teaches pupils about the patterns, causes and impact of inequality around the world. Pupils will investigate how patterns of inequality affect people and places and how attempts have been made to reduce the development gap.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explain how climate change impacts are felt unequally and why this leads many people to call for climate justice.

Key Notes

  • Historically, high income countries have produced more greenhouse gases than low income countries.
  • Low income countries are often more vulnerable to climate change as they have fewer resources to adapt to its impacts.
  • Many people call for climate justice, so that poorer and more vulnerable people are not unfairly affected.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • greenhouse gases: gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat, such as carbon dioxide
  • climate change: long-term changes in the climate and weather patterns
  • anthropogenic: caused by human activity

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • China produces the most greenhouse gases per capita in the world.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.

Historically, high income countries have produced more greenhouse gases than low income countries. Low income countries are often more vulnerable to climate change as they have fewer resources to adapt to its impacts.

2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'greenhouse gases'

gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat, such as carbon dioxide.

3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.

Mistake: China produces the most greenhouse gases per capita in the world. Correction: China produces the most greenhouse gases in the world, but with a population of over 1.4 billion people, their per capita emissions are significantly lower than many other countries.

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