THE CHOICES PROGRAM BROWN UNIVERSITY
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Climate Change and Questions of Justice

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Introduction: The Challenge of a Unified Response

Why is climate change more than an environmental issue?

Part I: The Causes and Effects of Global Climate Change

What is climate change?
What is the greenhouse effect?
How do we know the climate is changing?
How have humans affected Earth’s climate?
How does our current rate of climate change compare to that of the past?
What do climate scientists do and how do they make predictions about future climate change?
How can studying ice cores and glaciers help us better understand climate change?
Why does climate change matter?
How does climate change affect our daily lives?
Why is climate change a public health problem?
How does climate change affect oceans?
What are extreme weather events?
How does climate change affect species migration?
Why does species migration matter?
How does climate change affect food and agriculture?

Part II: Responses to Climate Change

Who is most vulnerable to climate change?
What is the North-South divide?
What is colonialism?
How can we measure carbon dioxide emissions?
What is preventing greater international action on climate change?
What is climate justice?
What is climate justice?
What is environmental justice?
How have international climate negotiations evolved over time?
What is the current state of international climate negotiations?
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
Why didn’t the United States ratify the Kyoto Protocol?
What are mitigation and adaptation?
What is renewable energy?
What is geoengineering?
Why is there an increasing emphasis on adaptation to climate change?
Why is local context important in dealing with the effects of climate change?
What is sustainable development?
What is sustainable development?
How has the United States addressed climate change?
How and why are local governments responding to climate change?
How can climate change be seen as an economic opportunity?
How are nongovernmental organizations responding to climate change?
What role have young people played in climate activism?
What can young people do to take action on climate change?
Why is activism at the local level so effective in addressing climate change?
How do scientists, governments, and the media talk about climate change?
How might international trade policies be used to fight climate change?
What are some of the political barriers to taking action on climate change?

Part III: Case Studies

What is life like for people in China today?
How is China responding to environmental concerns?
How has China invested in renewable energy?
How has Latin America responded to climate change?
How has New Orleans responded to climate change?
How can studying public health issues reveal inequalities in society?
What is structural racism?
How does systemic racism increase vulnerability to climate change?
How did the Haitian Revolution change the world?
Why did Haiti agree to pay reparations to France after the Haitian Revolution?
Why is there a conflict in the Niger Delta?
Who are the stakeholders in the Niger Delta conflict?
What is the history of the conflict in the Niger Delta?
How is Bangladesh responding to climate change?
Why is Bangladesh so vulnerable to climate change?

Lesson: Climate Change's Effects on Living Things

Why does climate change matter?
How does climate change affect species migration?
Why does species migration matter?
How does climate change affect our daily lives?
Why is climate change a public health problem?
How does climate change affect oceans?
What are extreme weather events?
How does climate change affect food and agriculture?

Lesson: Policy in the Media

How do scientists, governments, and the media talk about climate change?
How do you tell the difference between credible sources and misinformation?

Lesson: Data Analysis: Carbon Dioxide Emissions

How can we measure carbon dioxide emissions?

Lesson: The Options Role Play

Why is climate change more than an environmental issue?

Lesson: Taking Action on Climate Change

What can young people do to take action on climate change?
What role have young people played in climate activism?
Why is activism at the local level so effective in addressing climate change?
How has Latin America responded to climate change?
How are nongovernmental organizations responding to climate change?
How is Bangladesh responding to climate change?

Lesson: Mapping Environmental Justice (online)

What is climate justice?
What is climate justice?
What is environmental justice?
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