Globalised population change

Population change linked to globalisation

World population growth

UK population growth

Demographic transition model

DTM II

DTM UK

Using the Wikipedia page and the other links, complete a study of the Demographic Transition Model. Include a copy of the model and the corresponding population pyramids for each stage. For each stage detail the following information:

• How BR / NR / total population changes during that stage


• Why this is occuring


• Examples of countries currently at this stage


• UK specific examples and timeline


• Issues / limitations with the model

UK Climate Change programme

Link for the UK Climate change programme

More information on carbon emissions reduction

No let up in climate change emissions - BBC

Key players in climate change

Use these links to complete the sheet on what businesses are doing to help address climate change:

ASDA cutting it's carbon footprint
Tesco aiming for a greener business

Explore the Edinburgh Council environment pages to note some of the initiatives that are happening in our local area to address some of the climate change isses we have studied.

Tar sands

To the last drop - video
To the last drop - part II - video

Guardian video
National Geographic video
The Alberta oil sands
Greenpeace Canada

New oil shale plant in Jordan

Shale gas in UK

Edinburgh traffic

Use the following links to complete the sheet on traffic issues in Edinburgh

Edinburgh Park and Ride Schemes

Cycling in Edinburgh

Go to p15 of the Edinburgh 2030 Transport Vision for an overview

Climate change timeline

Use this website to complete the climate change timeline.

Primary energy sources

Use the following to help you with your research task:

A good summary of all the Primary Energy Sources

Wikipedia entry for renewable energy

Wikipedia entry for fossil fuels

Data on amounts of renewable sources used to generate electricity.

Good section of BP website on alternative energy

Good section on Shell website about energy diversity

Greenpeace site on renewable energy

Wind power in the 'How Stuff Works' website. Other energy sources also on the site

BBC Energy in the UK mini-site - links to lots of relevant stories

Energy on BBC Bitesize

Gas pathways

Gas pathways into the EU are vital for energy security. Problems in Russia and the former Soviet states threaten this supply.

Nabucco pipeline

South Stream pipeline

Nord Stream pipeline

Russia - Ukraine gas disputes

Russia Today report - Nabucco

Videographic from The Economist

Russia-Ukraine gas dispute report 1 and 2

What is your carbon footprint?

• Calculate your carbon footprint using the ‘Act on CO2’ web site




• Draw a divided bar chart to show your footprint




• Draw a divided bar chart for the national average footprint




• Create a ‘plan’ to begin to reduce your carbon footprint




• Sort the actions by ‘Easiest to do’. Complete the table to show three actions you could take in each of the categories – Home, Appliances and Travel

The business case studies are here.

Supervolcano

Link for the case study on Yellowstone

The truth about Yellowstone - BBC

UK energy security

Use the following links to help with your report:

BBC Panorama programme

The Energy Security report by Malcolm Wicks MP (just read the Executive Summary)

The Governement response

This entry on the 'Oil Drum' blog

Government energy security research paper (just read the Summary)

Guardian article - there are many more similar

Latest update of the ESI from June 2011

Coping with climate change

Use these two sites to add examples onto your mitigation / adaption table:

Adaption to climate change

Mitigation against climate change

Volcanic activity

Use this link to complete the worksheet on volcanic activity.

Urbanisation

Complete the urbanisation maps using this link.

Volcano on Montserrat

Go to the Montserrat volcano monitoring web site.

Copy the latest photo of the volcano from the web cams and label it with features of the volcano

What is the current hazard level? what does this mean?

Read the latest volcano report. What was happening last week?

Go to 'Education', 'Junior Scientists', 'For kids' and use the Glossary to look up the following terms:

Ash

Dome

Igneous rock

Lava

Pyroclastic flow

Vent

Stern Review

Investigate the Stern Review using the following guidelines

What was the Stern review?

• Summarise its findings
• Include a table similar to that on p62 of the text book detailing the possible effects of temperature rises on life on earth

The whole report is available here, but as it is hundreds of pages long, I suggest looking at the Executive Summary.

The BBC Business pages summarised the findings. Wikipedia also has it's review.

The Guardian newspaper (among others) reported on the release of the review extensively.

What would a 4C warmer world look like?

In the build up to the Copenhagen Conference in December 2010, the UK Governement released a new map showing the predicted impacts of a 4oC global temperature increase worldwide. View the map here. The Guardian followed the launch of the map closely.

Use the map to complete the sheets you have been given.

Seven billion - so what?

An interesting take on the population 'issue'. 'Seven billion people is nothing to be scared of' - The Times

Africa to EU migration

Thousands of Africans try to make the journey to Europe each year. The BBC News website gives information about the routes they travel, the cause of this movement and some of its impacts as well as personal stories.

Panorama films