CLIMATE CRISIS

Climate Ready Adaptation Simulation - ADULT VERSION FOR EDUCATORS

Find Resources at: https://sites.google.com/view/scrs-center/curriculum-resources/climate-literacy-resources

This slide deck is an example of the visuals and prompts a facilitator might use when facilitating the Climate Ready Adaptation Simulation with adults.

Climate Impacts Overview

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Two Human Created Crises

Learn More at → tinyurl.com/ELSI-ESE-WebQuest

Human Impact has Led to Two Related Crises

Ecological Overshoot

Global Warming → Climate Change

Explore Shared Narrative at: www.tinyurl.com/SMCOE-CRISESNARRATIVE

Introduction to Climate Change

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Natural Resource Depletion

Habitat Destruction & Ecosystem Degradation

Pollution

Built Landscape

Climate Change serves as the greatest symptom of Habitat Destruction and Ecosystem Degradation

The Climate Emergency Has Arrived

Released in October 2018

There was an assumption that climate impacts were in the distant future (2100) - Until October 2018.

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2020-2030 Pockets of Climate Emergencies

2030-2050 Widespread Emergencies Across all Regions

2050+ Climate Chaos at the Global Scale

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)

Released August 2021

• First, global warming is unequivocally (100% certain) caused by humans
• Second, the impacts of the Climate Crisis are already here, and are disproportionately impacting low-income, black, indigenous, and communities of color
• Third, temperatures have already increased by 1.09°C since 1880, and will continue to the 1.5°C mark in the next twenty years due to emissions from past decades

If humans act urgently, temperatures could peak at that 1.5°C mark and then decline, helping to stabilize the planet and life on it.

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)

Different Projections of Future Scenarios

Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) provide five different scenarios of GHG emissions and atmospheric concentrations, air pollutant emissions and land use.

• RCP 8.5: Very High Emissions
• RCP 6.0: Intermediate Higher
• RCP 4.5: Intermediate Lower
• RCP 2.6: Low Emissions (intense mitigation)
• RCP 1.9: Limits global warming to below 1.5

Climate Impacts

Which of these issues are most concerning to you?

Which of these issues are most unfamiliar to you?

EPA 2017 - Climate Change for Kids

Spectrum of Responses to the Climate Crisis

Which category(s) do you think most adults fall into?

Which category(s) do you think most youth fall into the most?

When it comes to reacting to the climate crisis, where do you find yourself along this spectrum on a regular basis?

Playing the Simulation

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Climate Ready Adaptation Simulation

Local Climate Data Cards

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Focus

Simulation of school years between 2025 and 2055 with a focus on highlighting different climate change impacts

Global Narrative

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Big Picture Trends for population, agriculture, migration, and extinction

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Stakeholder Reflection Roles

Teacher

Administrator

Counselor

Facilities

Office Manager

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Outcome: Support adult educators to shift from a reactive paradigm on Climate related impacts to a more proactive climate ready paradigm.

Extreme Heat

• Heat is the leading cause of death among all weather-related hazards.
• Currently around 618 people in the U.S. die annually from high heat.
• As people all try to use AC at the same time, blackouts occur

CDC, Aug 2019

Wildfire

A wildfire, also known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, brush fire, or bushfire is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildland areas, but which can also consume human built landscape or agricultural resources.

What is the most recent wildfire that impacted you and your community directly?

Sea Level Rise

Sea Level Rise is the Average Long-Term Global Rise of the Ocean Surface. This is caused primarily by two factors related to global warming: the added water from melting ice sheets and glaciers and the expansion of seawater as it warms.

King Tide Flooding in 2018 in Redwood City (above) and San Francisco (below)

Heavy Precipitation

Inland Flooding/Storms

Heavy precipitation refers to instances during which the amount of rain or snow experienced in a location substantially exceeds what is normal.

In what ways do heavy precipitation days impact your life?

Example Round

2021-22

Climate Ready Adaptation Simulation

Think back through this school year, and identify how many climate impacts your school community experienced between August and present?

What did it feel like to experience?

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How did it impact the regular operations and programs at schools?

Round 1: 2025

DIRECTIONS:

• Open up the 2025 Narrative and Data link in the notes OR the envelopes at your table and give people 2-5 minutes to scan through the content in the Global Narrative “Background Context”, and the individual local data cards.
• Then choose educator stakeholder role that you feel comfortable representing, and discuss the three questions on the next slide.

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Round 1: 2025

Local Climate Data Cards

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Global Narrative

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Big Picture Trends for population, agriculture, migration, and extinction

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Choose a Stakeholder Role:

Teacher

Administrator

Counselor

Facilities

Office Manager

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1) What is your emotional reaction to this year’s challenges?

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2) What kinds of challenges and needs came up regarding:

• Curriculum: consider disruptions AND content
• Campus: consider impacts to facilities and operations
• Community and Culture: consider impacts to co-curricular programs, communication to staff and parents, and overall school climate

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3) On a scale of 1-10, what is your sense of urgency?

Round 2: 2035

DIRECTIONS:

• Open up the 2035 Narrative and Data link in the notes OR the envelopes at your table and give people 2-5 minutes to scan through the content in the Global Narrative “Backgrounf Context”, and the individual local data cards.
• Then choose educator stakeholder role that you feel comfortable representing, and discuss the three questions on the next slide.

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Round 2: 2035

Local Climate Data Cards

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Global Narrative

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Big Picture Trends for population, agriculture, migration, and extinction

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Stakeholder Reflection

Teacher

Administrator

Counselor

Facilities

Office Manager

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1) What is your emotional reaction to this year’s challenges?

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2) What kinds of challenges and needs came up regarding:

• Curriculum: consider disruptions AND content
• Campus: consider impacts to facilities and operations
• Community and Culture: consider impacts to co-curricular programs, communication to staff and parents, and overall school climate

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3) On a scale of 1-10, what is your sense of urgency?

Round 3: 2045

DIRECTIONS:

• Open up the 2045 Narrative and Data link in the notes OR the envelopes at your table and give people 2-5 minutes to scan through the content in the Global Narrative “Background Context”, and the individual local data cards.
• Then choose educator stakeholder role that you feel comfortable representing, and discuss the three questions on the next slide.

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Round 3: 2045

Local Climate Data Cards

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Global Narrative

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Big Picture Trends for population, agriculture, migration, and extinction

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Stakeholder Reflection

Teacher

Administrator

Counselor

Facilities

Office Manager

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1) What is your emotional reaction to this year’s challenges?

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2) What kinds of challenges and needs came up regarding:

• Curriculum: consider disruptions AND content
• Campus: consider impacts to facilities and operations
• Community and Culture: consider impacts to co-curricular programs, communication to staff and parents, and overall school climate

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3) On a scale of 1-10, what is your sense of urgency?

Round 4: 2055

Round 4: 2055

Local Climate Data Cards

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Global Narrative

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Big Picture Trends for population, agriculture, migration, and extinction

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Stakeholder Reflection

Teacher

Administrator

Counselor

Facilities

Office Manager

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If we took action today, how would the narrative be different in 2055?

What does it look like if you don’t take action?

Open the 2055 document to find out

Final Reflection

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Processing Time

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What are the key takeaways that resonated with you in this session?

What actions are you now considering to help your school community become more climate ready?

What questions do you have that you want to further explore?

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