Leaving Certificate Climate Action and Sustainable Development
STRAND 3: GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
Learning Outcome 6: outline climate change mitigation and adaptation, climate debt, ecological debt, climate loss and damage
Learning Outcome 7: discuss climate change mitigation and adaptation from a climate justice
perspective
There are 4 PowerPoints with lessons covering these Learning Outcomes. They are designed to be done
sequentially as follows:
- PowerPoint 1聽outlines what is meant by climate change mitigation and adaptation. It compares Haiti and Ireland then explores root causes of climate injustice in Haiti. Total time approx. 1 hour 30 min.
- PowerPoint 2聽has 2 lessons (approx. 1 hour each). These are case studies of climate adaptation in Uganda, Cuba and Colombia, looking at problems and solutions.
- PowerPoint 3 explores climate debt, ecological debt and climate justice. Total time approx. 1 hour 20 min.
- PowerPoint 4 looks at the Loss and Damage Fund. Total time approx. 1 hour 30 min.
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