Effective Climate Action
Driving Question: What does effective action to climate change look like?
With a problem as complex and global as climate change, effectively implementing climate action isn’t always easy. One way to figure out what actions are useful is to think in terms of the levers of action. These are types of actions people and organizations can take to promote climate solutions. In this lesson, we explore how working in strategic ways at each lever will allow us to amplify the impact of our actions.
- Describe how individuals, businesses, and government can effectively address climate change and assess the relationship between those groups.
- Evaluate obstacles facing individuals, businesses, and government when it comes to climate action and describe strategies for overcoming those obstacles.
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Guiding Questions
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Skim
Before you read, you should quickly skim the article, by looking at the headings of each section and the charts. Read the questions below as well, so you know what to look for when you read!
Key Ideas
- What are the three levers of action that are the focus of this article?
- How are businesses helping solve some of the most difficult climate change problems?
- How can corporations help encourage people to buy green products?
- What are four strategies that governments use to promote climate-friendly technologies and products?
- How can you use your individual power to combat climate change most effectively?
Evaluate
- The article ends with an example of getting all the levers to work together to accomplish great things. What might be another example from your community or region of all three levers working together to enact climate solutions?
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Key Ideas
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Guiding Questions
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Before you watch
Before you watch the video, it’s a good idea to open and skim the video transcript. And always read the questions below so you know what to look and listen for as you watch!
While you watch
- What action came out of the 2015 Paris Agreement?
- What are the effects of limiting global warming to 1.5° C instead of 2° C?
- What technologies will be necessary to reduce emissions from manufacturing?
- How can government policies help promote climate solutions?
- In what ways are young people leading the climate movement?
- What are some of the possible climate change solutions mentioned in the video?
After you watch
- The video ends by saying, “Whatever you’re into, climate change intersects with it.” What’s one way climate change intersects with your interests? How could you work to make an impact in that area?
Using the Exploring Levers of Change Graphic Biographies to help complete the activity below and investigate the different areas in which climate action can be carried out.
