3. Responding to global climate change
Syllabus Link: Possibilities for responding to climate change
and power over the decision-making process
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Article: We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe
Article: Climate fear or climate hope?
Disparities in Exposure to Climate Change
Disparities in exposure to climate change risk and vulnerability, including variations in people’s location, wealth, social differences (age, gender, education), risk perception
Article: Heat, the next big inequality issue
Website: Global climate risk index 2019
Website: The carbon map
Reading: Climate change vulnerability in Thailand
Article: Climate change inequality in the USA
Detailed examples of two or more societies with contrasting vulnerability
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Government Led Mitigation & Adaptation Strategies
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Government-led adaptation and mitigation strategies for global climate change:
Webpage: The 3 pillars of response to climate change
Reading: Government led response to climate change
Website: UN framework on climate change
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Global geopolitical efforts, recognizing that the source/s of greenhouse gas emissions may be spatially distant from the countries most impacted
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Carbon emissions offsetting and trading
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Technology, including geo-engineering
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Civil Society & Corporate Led Strategies
Civil society and corporate strategies to address global climate change
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Reading: Civil society strategies to address global climate change
Reading: Corporate strategies to address climate change
Case study of the response to climate change in one country focusing on the actions of non-governmental stakeholders
