2.3 Responding to global climate change

Geographic inquiry: Possibilities for responding to climate change and power over the decision-making process

Disparities in exposure to climate change risk and vulnerability, including variations in people’s location, wealth, social differences (age, gender, education), risk perception
- Detailed examples of two or more societies with contrasting vulnerability
Government-led adaptation and mitigation strategies for global climate change:
- global geopolitical efforts, recognizing that the source/s of greenhouse gas emissions may be spatially distant from the countries most impacted
- carbon emissions offsetting and trading
- technology, including geo-engineering
Civil society and corporate strategies to address global climate change
- Case study of the response to climate change in one country focusing on the actions of non-governmental stakeholders