1. The Responses To Climate
Change

2. World Mapper
Carbon Emissions 2000

3. Lesson Objectives
To outline the responses to climate
change from a local to a global scale.
E.g. ‘Live simply’ to world super power
meetings
• Our Future Hotter Planet

4. Assessment Criteria
• Describe how individual actions/lifestyle changes
could reduce greenhouse emissions.
• Recognise that these actions might be difficult to
achieve.
• Know the details of some global meetings to tackle
climate change.
• Explain the timeline of international action to tackle
global warming.
• Describe national strategies to reduce emissions in
this global context.
• Recognise that some countries are more prepared to
act than others.

5. On an A3 pieces of paper, draw a triangle like the one you see
below
Your triangle is going to represent the scale of responses to
tackling climate change
Global
Governmental Companies NGOs
Local Schools People
Councils
Make it clear that the size of the section represents the scale of response.
Under each section, use p19-21 to add details above and below the section to
explain details about it.

6. GLOBAL
• Kyoto, Japan : Emissions trading scheme
Mention : What is the Kyoto
Protocol
• Rio de Janeriro, Brazil : Earth
Summit....
Reasons to be cheerful

7. TASK: GOVERNMENT

8. COMPANIES
• Green companies

9. NGO
• Greenpeace wind chimes
• Greenpeace Dives Deep

11. LOCAL COUNCILS
• Borough of Kingston

12. SCHOOLS

13. PEOPLE / LOCAL INTEREST GROUPS
• Manchester is my planet
• Louder than Words: Why live simply

14. Responses to climate change
• Interactive: here

16. TASK
• Why have so many countries signed the
Kyoto Protocol?
• The USA has signed the Kyoto Protocol
but has not implemented it. Why?

17. Rearrange the Statements
• Notepad file

18. Summary quiz