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Teaching about Climate Change

Teaching about Climate ChangePaul Turner / 2 June 2020

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❏ Science

❏ Challenging Misconceptions

❏ Open Discussion

❏ Critical Debate

❏ System Change

❏ Urgency

❏ Natural World

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❏ What are the facts about climate change?❏ Does it all come down to population?❏ Could we plant trees to solve climate change?❏ Can we have infinite growth on a finite planet?❏ Why are some people affected more by climate change

than others?❏ Could responding to climate change make the world a

better place?❏ Is non violent direct action effective?

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1. Climate Change has only occurred in the last 140 years. True False

2. How many human deaths per year does the World Health

Organisation attribute to climate change?1,500 150,000

3. What percentage of scientific evidence supports the idea

that climate change is human induced?98% 52%

4. How many people are estimated to die from poor air

quality in the UK?4,000 40,000

5. Each day, the world burns 100 million barrels of oil. True False

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If teachers were teaching climate change “right” - would we be in this situation?

❏ Communicate the urgency❏Discuss system change❏ Encourage imagination / positive futures

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