Climate Consciousness in the National Constitution: Bhutan at the Forefront
Climate Consciousness in the National Constitution: Bhutan at the Forefront Overview As a Humanities or Social Sciences high school or undergraduate teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach about the Constitution of a country, the components of a nation’s Constitution, and the recognition that climate change is a fundamental constitutional issue […]
Gender and Climate Change
Gender and Climate Change Overview As an Undergraduate teacher in the Social Sciences, you can use this lesson plan to teach your students about the gender dimensions in the field of climate change. Climate change is a defining factor of human development in recent times. It is not only a topic for scientific or technical […]
Poverty and Climate: An Inextricable Link
Poverty and Climate: An Inextricable Link Overview Overview As a High School or Undergraduate Economics or Social Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching about poverty, the impact of climate change on global poverty and the ways to manage it in the current and future scenarios. This […]
Climate Refugees and Environmental Migration
Climate Refugees and Environmental Migration Overview As a high school or undergraduate Social Sciences, Humanities, or Environmental Sciences teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching about topics such as Social and Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Human Migration, Climate Refugees/Environmental Migrants, and Climate Justice. This lesson plan enables […]
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PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS 2017: Project Foundation The TROP ICSU project was initiated by the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) as the lead partner with the International Science Council (ISC), and the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) and 17 other partner organisations. 2019: Phase 1 Outreach By the end of 2019, TROP ICSU had conducted 17 […]
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change Part 1
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change Part 1 Reading A reading from the ‘Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change’ by economist Nicholas Stern for the Government of the United Kingdom which contains a compilation of the scientific evidence of human caused climate change, its analysis through economic theory, and discussion on possible alternatives […]
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 […]
Postcolonial Studies and Climate Change
Postcolonial Studies and Climate Change Reading A reading by Dipesh Chakrabarty, The University of Chicago titled ‘Postcolonial Studies and the Challenge of Climate Change’ discusses the link between globalisation and global warming. Chakrabarty discusses this link through the writings of Homi K. Bhabha, which aims to stretch post colonial thinking to include the reality of […]
Use of Allegory in Literature
Use of Allegory in Literature Overview As a High School English Language teacher, you can use this lesson plan to teach about the literary device of allegory and examine an allegory in climate literature. This lesson plan will allow you to teach about the usage of allegory as a literary device, its multiple interpretations and […]
Teaching Verb Tenses through Climate Literature
Teaching Verb Tenses through Climate Literature Overview As a Middle or High School English teacher or a teacher of English as a second language, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach tenses using climate literature. Global warming is causing glaciers to melt thus causing a water crisis. Satellite imagery is used to […]