A video titled ‘Dry Season’ from the Showtime series ‘Years of Living Dangerously’ – a documentary television series on global warming and impacts on the state, society and natural resources. This video includes segments on droughts in the Southwest United States (reported by Don Cheadle), religion and climate change (reported by Katharine Hayhoe), deforestation in Indonesia (reported by Harrison Ford), and how drought may have contributed to the civil war in Syria (reported by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times).
Students will learn about the impacts of global warming in different parts of the world. They will also learn about how climate change could have been a contributing factor in conflict and wars. Students will further learn of the impacts of rising temperatures, increased carbon emissions and destruction of the environment on the security of a region.
Use this tool to help your students find answers to:
Discuss how climate change could have potentially contributed to
Droughts in the USA
The Syrian Civil war
Can religion play a significant role in climate mitigation? Discuss in the classroom.
About the tool:
Tool Name
Years of Living Dangerously
Discipline
Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences
Topic(s) in Discipline
Droughts, Deforestation, Conflict, War, Religion, Geopolitics, Human Migration
Climate Topic
Climate and Society, Policies, Politics, and Environmental Governance, Disasters and Hazards
Type of tool
Video/ Microlecture (59 min)
Grade Level
High School, Undergraduate
Location
Global
Language
English
Translation
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Episode ‘Dry Season’ from the Showtime series ‘Years of Living Dangerously by The YEARS Project
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