Have climate conferences made a positive impact?
I can evaluate whether climate conferences have made a positive impact on the UN’s work on tackling climate change.
- Year 11
Have climate conferences made a positive impact?
I can evaluate whether climate conferences have made a positive impact on the UN’s work on tackling climate change.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- COP meetings allow countries to negotiate climate action and set goals such as global emission reduction targets.
- COP meetings help ensure that all nations have a voice in shaping climate solutions.
- The Kyoto Protocol was the first international treaty to set legally binding emissions targets.
- The Paris Agreement focused on limiting temperature rise and promoted flexible, self-set targets for all nations.
- Active citizenship, through protests and citizen assemblies, helps influence climate action at global conferences.
Keywords
COP - stands for Conference of the Parties, an annual meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Paris Agreement - an international treaty on climate change that came into force in 2016; the treaty addresses climate change mitigation, adaptation and climate finance
Active citizenship - the process of learning how to take part in democracy and use Citizenship knowledge, skills and understanding to work together and try to make a positive difference in the world
Common misconception
Climate conferences are just an opportunity to talk, nothing gets done.
They are a chance to bring together world leaders to agree positive actions and work out problems. COP have secured important international agreements that have really helped to tackle climate change; the Paris Agreement is an example of this.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What international organisation brings together all nations of the world to discuss issues?
Q2.What term do we use for tackling climate change through deliberate acts?
Q3.Match the word to its definition.
Q4.Which human activity releases the most greenhouse gas emissions?
Q5.Which of the following energy sources would help to tackle climate change?
Q6.How might a person help tackle climate change?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete the sentence: COP is an annual meeting of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Q2.Which of the following best explains how COP meetings help ensure that all nations have a voice in shaping climate solutions?
Q3.How does active citizenship influence climate action at COP?
Q4.Match the COP to an outcome / action.
