Study Guide Climate Solutions

To-Do Date: Dec 11 at 11:59am

Cartoon

In this cartoon, someone is presenting at a Climate Summit. The man is showing a PowerPoint with a list of the changes needed hoax

to solve the climate crisis that includes clean water, air, energy independence etc. Someone in the audience asks ""What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?" It is very common to feel depressed and worried about climate change and the solutions are often portrayed as what we have to give up. This cartoon is proposing another way to look at the situation. Can you explain that idea in your own word?

How this Week's Module will Work:

This week's study guide will be different than the others. I don't want to create a list of items that you need to know in order to pass a quiz. The content for this module is what we all need in order to create a world in which we want to live, have children, watch them grow up and then grow old ourselves. So, this isn't a study guide, but rather a roadmap to the important information that we each need to consider.

- As usual, you will watch videos, read articles and have some short mini quizzes to answer.
- There will NOT be a Total Quiz at the end of this module
- Instead you there will be
  - A discussion on climate solutions and mechanisms for change.
  - A Climate Conversation Plan assignment

Outline of the Content in this Week's Module

Limits and Timelines
- Questions to answer: What is the timeline and what are the consequences of missing that timeline? Why is everyone in such a rush and panicking?
Type of Solutions
- Questions to answer: What are the different categories of ways to lower GHG levels? Since we can't reverse the climate change we already have seen, how can we adapt to the existing global warming? How can we mitigate it (make less painful)?
Mechanisms to Promote Change
- Questions to answer: How can we make governments, businesses and individuals see the seriousness of this problem and take the appropriate actions?