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International Climate Goals

Driving Question: How should we set goals around climate change?

Since the 1970s, international organizations have worked to establish climate goals, which is an important task if we’re going to effectively combat climate change. But getting the world’s policymakers to adhere to these goals has been challenging. In this lesson, you’ll learn about some of these international climate policies and what we must do to achieve success in the fight against climate change.

  1. Explore climate policies to evaluate the advantages and limitations of goal setting and the need for international collaboration.
  2. Describe and assess the efficacy of goals including “net zero” and “1.5° Celsius” in combating climate change.
  3. Using research and argumentation skills, evaluate information related to climate goals to assess the reliability of sources.
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International Climate Agreements: Crash Course Climate & Energy #10

Climate change is being addressed by individuals, activist groups, and big corporations, but we’ll need entire nations on board to meet our climate goals. This video looks at some successful—and not-so-successful—international climate policies.

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
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Claim testing is an important skill for you to master, especially in an age of misinformation and disinformation. The activity and Crash Course video below will help you practice this important skill.

Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information

In this video, how to read laterally, using multiple tabs in your browser to look stuff up and fact check as you read. Real-time fact-checking an help you figure out what's real and what's not on the internet.