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Is It Too Late to Stop Climate Change? Well, It's Complicated.

Provided by: Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell |Published on: April 27, 2021

Videos Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

This video from Kurzgesagt evaluates the causes of our increasing global carbon footprint, using graphs and real-world examples to discuss each factor in-depth.
Population size and economic growth are identified as factors that can increase carbon emissions, while energy intensity and emissions per energy unit produced may help decrease carbon emissions.
This video clearly states the need to stop using fossil fuels as soon as possible.

Subjects: Science, Economics

Authors: Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell

Region: Global

Languages: English

Positives

This video uses animation to make complicated topics more easy to understand.
The science and the social elements of climate change are discussed, along with potential solutions.

Additional Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with the metric system and graphs.
Some economic concepts are discussed, so students should be familiar with what subsidies, incentives, and return on investment mean.
There are advertisements before and/or during the video.

Differentiation

This video could be used for a class discussion about the solutions to climate change. Students could make lists adding to factors that cause climate change and the factors that help stop it.
Social studies classes could research other social solutions to climate change, such as how increasing gender equality and access to education and healthcare could help fight climate change.
Science classes could discuss the role of protecting and restoring natural carbon sinks on land, coastal areas, and in the oceans as another climate solution that was not discussed in the video.
Some related resources are this video Causes and Effects of Climate Change, this video Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?, and this video Climate Solutions 101: Making It All Happen.