Unit7: The Climate Crisis: "The Clock is Ticking"
Intro:
Climate change has become one of the most pressing issues. What with a growing number of natural disasters and scientific evidence of climate change, politicians are being forced to to take a stand on the matter. We will thus try and reflect on the recent natural disasters the US and the UK have been faced with, and consider the climate change debate through various approaches, from climate summits to preppers' techniques!
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Cartoon: "Rishi Sunak fiddles while planet burn" (October 29, 2022)/ The Guardian
I] AN AILING PLANET: NATURAL DISASTERS AND POLLUTION:
A) Recent examples of powerful natural disasters in the last few years
-Use Google and note down the names and locations of a few natural disasters which have taken place in recent years.
-What is the nickname of the area of the United States where tornadoes are the most frequent? Where is it located?
B) From Natural disasters to National disasters:
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The Buffalo blizzard:
- Hurricane Ian:
main facts about this 2022 hurricane (World Vision)
- Organizations involved in rescue operations:
II] THE CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE:
A) Green issues and climate change:
1-Green issues:
2-Definitions:
3-The signs of global warming:
10 signs climate change is happening (UcsUSA)
Timelapse (Time)
4-The causes of global warming or climate change:
the main causes of global warming (Time for Change)
the greenhouse effect (EPA.gov)
extra link: How are hurricanes named?
B) The climate change debate:
1-People who believe climate change is a fact:
Browse the Internet for English-speaking politicians and celebrities believing in climate change
2-People who do not believe climate change is happening: climate skeptics:
Browse the Internet to find out more about them!
Step1: An ailing Planet: Natural Disasters and Pollution:
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Hurricane Sandy's 10th anniversary:
Impact of Hurricane
Sandy +10th anniversary (NYC.gov)
(doc1a)
- Drought in California/ California drought:
Document ESCP 2022 (doc1b)
- Australia's Great Barrier Reef in danger:
Link (doc1c)
(Tree Hugger)
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"We are sinking": Pacific island nation calling on world leaders to act (at COP26+COP27)
video (doc1d) ------------------------------------------------------------------>
+ Tuvalu Prime Minister's e-petition on Avaaz here
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Preppers: Getting ready to any types of disasters:
Link (doc1e)
Step2: The Climate Change Debate: Activists vs Climate Skeptics/Deniers:
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From "global warming" to "climate change": (covered at the end of Step1)
What's the difference between climate change and global warming? (NASA)
- Activists and actions to save the planet:
Eric Adams' climate measures for NYC (doc2a) cf Steps0+1
<------- "The Tck Tck Tck campaign/ Our Beds are burning" (see video on the left, doc2b) / (original song here)
Greta Thunberg and the Fridays For Future
movement (doc2c) + Greta Thunberg
(Biography.com)
Extinction Rebellion (Rebellion Global)
President Biden's new ecological initiatives announced at COP27 (doc2d) (The Guardian)
Bloom and the Green Connection's fight against Total
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Climate skeptics or deniers:
Trump and climate skepticism (doc2e)
Step3: Climate summits and COPs from COP21 to COP27: a lot of hot air?
At home:
- COP26 in Glasgow:
The Outcomes of COP26 (House Of Commons Library)
- COP27 in Egypt:
Official website + video below:
In class: Elvi format
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Doc3a [article 1]: "The Guardian view on COP27: climate justice must take centre
stage",
The Guardian
- Doc3b [article 2]: "The big takeaway from Cop27: these climate conferences just aren't working", The Guardian
- Doc3c [thème]: "A la COP27, la frustration et le malaise des militants", Le Monde
- Doc3d [cartoon]: "Lost of time to act, right", by Tjeerd Royaards, 6 November 2022 (see below)
- Doc3e [photograph]: "Just Stop Oil", photograph published in the Guardian, 6 October 2022 (see below)
Steps 1-2-3 follow-up + Go further!
- General knowledge:
Earth Day / Earth Overshoot Day link1/ link2
Covid crisis does little to slow climate change (BBC)
Bill Gates' opinion on climate change and the role of world leaders (BBC News)
Find out your carbon footprint!
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Movies dealing with the climate emergency:
An Inconvenient Truth, 2006
The 11th Hour, 2007
A Life on Our Planet, 2020
- Mock exam in the media lab:
Let's ask a New Yorker! (Clémentine's American cousin)
1) Let's find out more about Gary (cf video studied in class)
2) What were you doing when Hurricane Sandy hit NYC?
3) What do you think about what NY Mayor Eric Adams is doing to protect the city from natural disasters (such as Hurricane Sandy)?
4)Do you think that the U.S. is doing enough to tackle climate change?
Preppers: a few presentations/websites created by former students:
Quizlet games to review the vocab!
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