Investigating contemporary issues allows students to move beyond knowing the facts, understanding processes and providing examples - to analysis and critical thinking. The case study for Climate Change focuses on Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) who are among some of the most vulnerable nations in the world to the impacts of climate change. These nations contribute the least to global warming yet will face some of the worst consequences. In this study you will investigate the formation of atoll islands, island economies and settlements as well as the impacts of, and responses to climate change - including mitigation, adaptation and resilience building. Did you know...
- many Pacific island nations earn over 80% of their GDP from tuna fisheries licences? - some tuna species are migrating from the warmer western pacific to the eastern Pacific. - Under the Law of the Sea a nation is entitled to an EEZ if it is above sea level and permanently populated? What are some social justice issues related to climate change for SIDS? - the economies of tuna dependent SIDS could be devastated by species migration - nations face losing control of the EEZ on which they depend if their islands are submerged, and their populations migrate. Students can discuss these issues and investigate proposed solutions - beyond climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience building …. do developed nations have a greater responsibility to assist SIDS?
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