Exploring Climate Solutions
CLIMATE PROJECT / UNIT 3STUDENTMATERIALSEXPLORING CLIMATE SOLUTIONSUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Exploring Climate Solutions”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/PurposeIn this activity, you’llexplore various climate change solutions and sort them by typeof solution: adaptation or mitigation. Understanding the different categories of climate solutions is essential to determining the best approach to climate action. This activity willhelp youevaluate the need for abroad and varied response to climate change.Process1.First, your teacher will divide youinto pairs or small groups of three or four. With your group, define and discuss the terms adaptationand mitigation.Be ready to share out to the class.2.Your teacher will either hand out or have youdownload the Climate Solutions cards. Working in your groups, cut out the individual cards and write a one-sentence description of each solution. Youwill already be familiar with some solutions, but you might need to conduct internet research to describe others.3.Place the cards on the Venn diagram chart in the correct area by classifying each solution as an adaptation solution, a mitigation solution, or a solution that fits into both categories.4.Your teacher will draw or project a large Venn diagram on the board,andask you tofollow these directionsin order to share your responses:§One group will place two Climate Change solution cards on the Venn diagram.§That groupmust define the solutions and give a short reason for their placement of the cards.§The next group canmove any of the cards they think were placed incorrectly by the prior group, but they must provide justification for doing so.§Then, this group can place two cards that arenot already up on the Venn diagram.§Subsequent groups will follow the same process, until all cardshave beenplaced and/or moved.5.Finally, you’llindependently write a three-to four-sentence response that answers thequestion,Whyis it important that climate action includes both adaptation and mitigation solutions?
2Climate Solutions cardsSustainable aviation fuelUrban cooling centersSeawallsCarbon captureStorm early-warning systemsCoastal wetland restorationElectric vehiclesHeat pumpsRenewable energyDrought-resistant seedsNuclear energyDesalinization facilitiesVaccine accessLow-carbon cementElectrical grid updatesHigh-efficiency fertilizer
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