Unit 2: Global climate - vulnerability and resilience
Unit Contents
- 2.1 Causes of global climate change
- 2.2 Consequences of global climate change
- 2.3 Responding to global climate change
Detailed examples and case studies
Detailed example
Places explored
Northern America
South-eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Melanesia
Approaches
Visual stimulus
- 2.1.1 The atmospheric system
- 2.1.3 The enhanced greenhouse effect
- 2.2.1 Climate change and the hydrosphere and atmosphere
- 2.2.2 Climate change and the incidence and severity of extreme weather events
- 2.2.3 Climate change and the biosphere
- 2.3.1 Climate change risk and vulnerability
- 2.3.2 Global geopolitical efforts
- 2.3.3 Mitigation strategies
Podcast
- 2.1.3 The enhanced greenhouse effect
- 2.2.1 Climate change and the hydrosphere and atmosphere
- 2.2.2 Climate change and the incidence and severity of extreme weather events
- 2.2.3 Climate change and the biosphere
- 2.2.4 Impacts of climate change on people and places
- 2.3.3 Mitigation strategies
- 2.3.4 Civil society and corporate strategies