Exploring Climate Disagreement
CLIMATE PROJECT / LESSON 1.2 CLOSEREXPLORING CLIMATE DISAGREEMENTUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Exploring Climate Disagreement”, OER Project, www.oerproject.com/PurposeUse claim testing skills to analyze some common claims aboutclimate disagreement.Process1.Review the claims below and complete the chart.ClaimChoose oneExplain your answerWe don’t need to make changes now because in the future we’ll have the technology to solve the problem.oAgreeoDisagreeClimate change is happening, but a temperature change of a few degrees isn’t that big a deal.oAgreeoDisagreeSolving climate change will cost billions of dollars, which would be better spent on things like health care and education.oAgreeoDisagreeMoving away from fossil fuels is not worth the impact on the economy and jobs.oAgreeoDisagree2.Choose one of the claims above. Write a counterclaim, or a statement that refutes the claim being made. Support your argument with one piece of evidence based on what you’ve learned so far about climate change.