Week 2: Climate Change - Causes, Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
Read pages 318-347
- Describe the role of greenhouse gases in maintaining mean global temperature
- Describe how human activities add to greenhouse gases
- Complete “To Do” on pages 330-331.
- Describe the impacts of climate change.
- Discuss the feedback mechanisms that would be associated with a change in mean global temperature.
- Evaluate contrasting viewpoints on the issue of climate change.
- Discuss mitigation and adaptation strategies to deal with impacts of climate change.
8. What is the UNFCCC?
9. Describe the Kyoto Protocol.
10. Describe the Paris Agreement.
11. Why does the U.S. want to pull out of the agreement? What are the ramifications?
9. Describe the Kyoto Protocol.
10. Describe the Paris Agreement.
11. Why does the U.S. want to pull out of the agreement? What are the ramifications?
12. What is the IPCC?
13. Summarize the main points on mitigation from the 5th Assessment Report.
14. Complete the Topic 7 Quiz on Google Classroom.
14. Complete the Topic 7 Quiz on Google Classroom.