Climate Action

Climate change is becoming more serious by the day.

We have placed a link to the most recent report from the International Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) below and we encourage you to read the entire report. The implications of doing nothing are dire.

The object of the assignment exercise is for you to reflect upon this knowledge, as well as your personal experiences and feelings concerning climate change and its impact on the world.

United Nations – Sustainable Development Goals Explained: Climate Action

National Geographic – Cause and Effects of Climate Change

National Geographic – Climate Change 101 with Bill Nye

How Climate Scientists Predict the Future

UN Chief on Climate Change and His Vision for the 2019 Climate Change Summit

Reviving Ancient Water Tanks of Sri Lanka to Adapt to a Changing Climate

Additional Materials:

• UN: Goal 13: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and its Impacts
• IPCC Report: Global Warming of 1.5 ºC
• NASA: Climate Change: How Do We Know?
• NYT: Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040
• Brookings: We’re Almost Out of Time: The Alarming IPCC Climate Report and What to do Next
• The Economist: Why the IPCC’s Report on Global Warming Matters
• The World Bank: Climate Change
• National Geographic: Climate Change