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CFR Education: Who Releases the Most Greenhouse Gasses?
Provided by: Council on Foreign Relations |Published on: September 12, 2023
Lesson Plans Grades 9-12, ap-college
Synopsis
- This section explores global greenhouse gas emissions analyzed by country, company, economic sector, and per capita, including an animation of global emissions from 1750 to 2021 and helpful charts and graphics.
- There is a linked lesson plan for the policy-related sections of the entire module and a linked discussion guide for higher education classes.
- This is the seventh section of the World 101 Climate Change module.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, History, Mathematics
Authors: CFR Education
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This section provides information for most greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide.
- The charts are easy to comprehend and reasonably scaled.
Additional Prerequisites
- If you click the words "Get the data" under the charts, you'll download a CSV file that can be used in a number of spreadsheet programs.
- If you click on the underlined words in this section, a definition will pop-up on the screen.
Differentiation
- Teachers can create a formative assessment based on the main concepts of this section to complete in class.
- This section can enhance a lesson on how the energy sector contributes to greenhouse gas emissions.
- Students could use this section for an informative essay on how and why greenhouse gas emissions vary by continent.
- This section could supplement a classroom discussion on how governments should regulate companies who are most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions.
- Have students investigate the other ways to categorize greenhouse gas emissions using this resource about food production and this resource about food waste.
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