What is the role of the UN in climate action and sustainability?
I can explain how the UN is working to end the climate crisis.
- Year 11
What is the role of the UN in climate action and sustainability?
I can explain how the UN is working to end the climate crisis.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Climate change poses serious challenges to humanity, including health issues, people displacement and resource scarcity.
- The UN uses both hard and soft power to drive global change, despite facing political and practical challenges.
- The SDGs are 17 global goals set by the UN to promote sustainable development and reduce inequality by 2030.
- The UN’s work on the SDGs and peacekeeping shows its long-term influence, though action can be slow and complex.
Keywords
Climate action - efforts taken to combat climate change and its impacts
United Nations (UN) - an international organisation comprising most countries in the world which aims to promote peace, security and international cooperation
Sustainable Development Goals - the UN’s ‘global goals’ to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity
Common misconception
Climate change is a slow moving threat with limited impact on humanity so far.
Climate change is costing countries billions of dollars a year. There is already a cost to human life due to extreme weather events. Equally, governments are facing huge challenges to become more resilient to climate change.
Equipment
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following actions is an example of acting sustainably?
Q2.What is one function of the UN?
Q3.What do we call the sustained change in temperature and weather patterns?
Q4.Which of the following are fossil fuels?
Q5.If a person must leave their home due to climate change, they are considered to be what, a climate ?
Q6.What health condition may occur when the temperature is very high?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the terms to the correct definitions.
