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Gender and Climate Change Policy

Gender and Climate Change Policy Reading A guidebook of gender-sensitive approaches to climate change policy for city planning. It discusses the different ways in which women and men are affected by climate change. This guidebook includes discussions on gender inequalities such as gender division of labour, gender differentials in income, gender biases in decision making, […]

Naomi Klein on Capitalism and Climate Change

Naomi Klein on Capitalism and Climate Change Reading This reading is a comprehensive overview of how capitalism has shaped our response and reaction to climate change. This book is divided into three parts – Bad Timing, Magical thinking and Starting Anyway. Bad timing deals with how Free Market Fundamentalism, Invisible Hand and similar economic ideologies […]

Climate Change, the Environment, and Human Health

Climate Change, the Environment, and Human Health Teaching Module A teaching module to learn about the impacts of climate change on human health, and to discuss climate adaptation and mitigation measures that would reduce these health-related risks. Students will apply systems thinking to learn about the changing climatic conditions on Earth; the effects of a […]

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in African Cities

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in African Cities Online Course An e-learning course to understand the drivers and impacts of climate change in cities, and to learn about various planning and decision-making approaches for climate change adaptation in African cities. Students will learn about climate change and its impact on cities, social vulnerability and its […]

Climate Change and Agriculture

Climate Change and Agriculture Reading A reading to learn about the effects of climate change on food security and to explore climate change adaptation measures to ensure food security. The modules in this reading (from the Contents) are: Climate Change Impacts on Food Security: Overview of Latest Knowledge Ensuring Food Security and Good Nutrition in […]

Understanding Climate Vulnerabilities and Building Climate Resilience

Understanding Climate Vulnerabilities and Building Climate Resilience Game A game that provides an immersive learning experience to visualize the possible effects of climate change on our cities and neighborhoods in the future, and to explore actions for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Students will visualize the effects of climate change—such as sea-level rise, storm surges, […]

Climate Change and Food Security in Africa

Climate Change and Food Security in Africa Classroom/Laboratory Activity A classroom/laboratory activity to learn about suitable climatic conditions for a crop and to determine how climate change may affect food production (specifically, cocoa production). In this activity, students will learn about the relationship between climate change and food production through the case study of cocoa […]

Impacts of Climate Change on Behavioural and Cognitive Psychology

Impacts of Climate Change on Behavioural and Cognitive Psychology Reading This reading resource can be used by educators teaching Psychology or Social Sciences to show the psychological dimensions of climate change. It contains six sections that include information on how people understand the risks imposed by climate change, human behavioral contributions to climate change, psycho-social […]

Climate Change-related Human Migration-Policy Measures

Climate Change-related Human Migration-Policy Measures Audio An audio podcast to learn about climate change-related human migration and its outcomes, and to initiate a discussion on policy measures that can help in better management of population movement caused by climate change. Students will learn about climate change-related events that may cause human migration, the types of […]

Ancient Civilizations and Climate Change

Ancient Civilizations and Climate Change Video A video lecture by Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland, on the historic record of human activity from the start of the Holocene period, 11,000 years ago, to the Little Ice Age. This video lecture is part 2 of a 3-part lecture series titled ‘Climate Change on Historic Timescales’ of […]

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