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

Water issues in China

China is suffering from many environmental problems - including water stress. Use this map to complete the sheet detailing some of these issues.

 

Check your text book p39-40

The China Water Risk website is very good. This info-graphic is superb.

Check this article for some excellent information.

Complete the 15 mark question on the map sheet.

Product water footprint link

Country water footprint link

How can businesses help reduce 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.

Demographic Transition Model - population change and globalisation

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

Climate change policy timeline

Use this website to complete the climate change timeline.

Millenium Development Goals

HDI statistics from UNDP
MDG monitor

Use these links for the MDG task - country specific profile

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.

Japanese tsunami 2011

BBC latest
Guardian map
Guardian video clips
Wikipedia entry