Climate change is the ongoing rise in global average temperature, driven today mainly by burning fossil fuels. These curations follow its causes and consequences, from how greenhouse gases warm the planet to the politics of responding, and from rising seas that threaten Pacific island nations to city adaptation, forest ecosystem services and green technology.
The politics of climate change concerns differing perspectives on how to respond to climate change. It first emerged as a political issue in the 1970s, and efforts to mitigate climate change have been prominent on the international political agenda since the 1990s.
Climate change is the ongoing rise in global average temperature and its wider effects on Earth's climate system, driven today by human activities, especially fossil fuel burning. The lessons answer how greenhouse gases warm Earth and help readers understand their role in climate change. They follow how heat moves through the climate system and escapes into space.
Climate change threatens Pacific island nations, their peoples and cultures through rising seas, heavier rain, cyclones and storm surges, while also altering ecosystems and natural environments. The lessons answer how these effects can lead to island displacement and help readers understand what that means for communities. They follow the connection between environmental change, threatened homes and the possibility of leaving.
Climate adaptation strategies, sometimes called adaptation measures or solutions, help manage impacts and risks to people and nature through infrastructure and technology, institutions, behaviour and culture, and nature-based approaches. What can cities do to plan for rising seas and manage climate risks? The lessons consider how urban planning, infrastructure and regulation can help cities prepare for changing conditions.
Climate change threatens coral reefs that protect coasts and support food and tourism, and ocean warming is one of several threats behind their decline. What do warming oceans and rising seas mean for coastal risk, and how can readers understand the pressures coastal communities face? The lessons connect ocean warming, sea level rise and coastal hazards.
Ecosystem services are the benefits people get from ecosystems, such as pollination, clean air and water, waste breakdown and flood control, which support human well-being. The lessons answer how forests benefit people and how those benefits relate to climate change. They connect forest contributions to human needs with their role in a changing climate.
Green technology applies environmental science, green chemistry, monitoring and electronic devices to conserve nature and resources and reduce the harmful effects of human activity. The lessons answer how technology can help cut climate emissions, building understanding of how energy, buildings and waste can be part of that effort.
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