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A World Overheating
Provided by: Council on Foreign Relations |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This article explains how extreme heat is affecting people around the world, especially those who live in lower-income countries, with images from California.
- The article includes links to various reports and articles, photographs from different parts of the world, and a chart. It also references COP-26, California's Death Valley, the Paris Agreement and Northern Siberia.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Health
Authors: Alice C. Hill, Madeline Babin
Region: North America, USA - West, United States, Global, California
Languages: English
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Positives
- The photographs will keep students engaged.
- It will help students have a global view of the climate crisis.
Additional Prerequisites
- It assumes that the students already have a basic understanding of the climate crisis and its causes.
Differentiation
- It can be used for group presentations, where each group presents how the climate crisis affects a sector of society or a particular country, all based on the article.
- For a broader appreciation and to foster critical thinking, consider introducing students to the concepts of adaptation and mitigation with this resource.
- Based on the last paragraph, ask students to suggest some additional steps that their current government can take to adapt to extreme temperatures.
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