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While every care has been taken to ensure that there are no significant emotional triggers regarding eco-anxiety for students in this lesson, any feelings that arise should be embraced and discussed non-judgmentally.

Climate change is the name given to the change in the temperature and weather of an area over a long period of time.

Climate change has occurred throughout Earth’s history due to a variety of natural causes and may refer to periods of warming or cooling.

The climate has changed more rapidly since 1850; this has been a period of global warming which has been caused by human activities.

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Now

These include:

Over the past 200 years, industrialisation and a huge increase in the world’s population has led to the increase of gases that can lead to rising temperatures around the world.

electricity �and heat

transportation

manufacturing and construction

agriculture�(including fertilisers)

Some of the gases that are created through agriculture and manufacturing are particularly harmful to the planet. These are known as greenhouse gases and include:

Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)

Fossil fuels like coal and petrol release CO₂ when burned.

Methane (CH₄)

Digestive gases released by cows, pigs and chickens.

Nitrous Oxide (N₂0)

Used by some doctors and dentists as an anaesthetic and released from nitrogen fertilisers.

The greenhouse effect is a natural process which makes Earth habitable. However, greenhouse gases absorb heat that is leaving Earth’s surface, warming the atmosphere further.

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Human activities have significantly increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and so the greenhouse effect has got stronger.

This means that temperatures are slowly increasing all over the planet.

This is known as global warming. These small changes can have a dramatic impact on different places.

Global warming is the main cause of recent climate change. The effects of climate change include:

shrinking glaciers

rising sea levels

plant species shifting locations

animal species becoming endangered

trees and plants flowering much earlier in the year

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To stop further climate change, global warming must be tackled.

Most major countries around the world have adopted strict laws that are meant to �reduce the amount of greenhouse gases �being produced.

Some important changes have already been taking place around the world. These include:

Building wind farms, solar farms and other means of creating ‘clean’ electricity.

Stopping the manufacture of petrol and diesel powered transport.

Introducing electric vehicles.

Many people think that this is not happening quickly enough to make a difference and more action is needed.

Demonstrations and rallies are an important way of people making their voices heard.

Some people thought it was wrong for children to miss school but many agreed with their actions.

In early 2019, thousands of children refused to attend school so that they could attend organised demonstrations in major cities.

They wanted to go so that they could show they knew how serious global warming is.

Were the schoolchildren right to take time out from their learning to protest?

Is enough being done in the United Kingdom to combat global warming?

Is enough being done around the world to slow down global warming?

What are you doing in your school to combat global warming?

greenhouse gas

environment

protest

government

carbon

farming

nitrous oxide

carbon dioxide

methane