Prepared by:
Dr. Layla Ben Ayed / Tunisia / National Institute of Agronomy
Dr. Odeh Al-Jayyousi / Jordan
Objectives and Competencies
1. Understand our role towards the environment locally and globally.
2. Be able to create activities to conserve the environment.
Guiding Questions
1. How do you feel about the environment being polluted?
2. How has the climate changed?
3. How has climate change affected different parts of the environment?
Opinion Forum
1. Angela Merkel proposed equal amounts of emissions between countries, is this feasible?
Debate
1. Will people accept to give up many of their conveniences and pleasures such as driving cars, using a lot of facilities, smoking, travelling, watching TV, playing electronic games, etc to preserve the environment? Should they be forced to?
Assessment Questions
1. Are the countries that emit more gases likely to become hotter?
2. What effort do people have to make in order to provide the next generation a healthy atmosphere and environment?
Resources
Reading
1. Local pollution: www.nawaat.org
2. Synthesis report of IPCC’s 4th assessment. Ch.8 of World Energy
3. Climate change impacts on coral reefs: Synergies with local effects possibilities for acclimation, and management implications :
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.06.011
4. Merkel leads on global change
5. Techniques, politiques et mesures d’atténuation du changement climatique. 1996. Rapport du PNUE et OMM par un groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat
6. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/10/13/nasa_earth_just_experienced_the_warmest_six_month_stretch_ever.html?utm_content=bufferac518&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
7. http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/GOCE/GOCE_reveals_gravity_dip_from_ice_loss
8. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate-guide/climate-change/impacts/human-dynamics
9. Altinay, Hakan (2011). Global Civics: Rights and Responsibilities in an Interdependent World. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press
10. Al-Jayyousi, Odeh, (2012). Islam and Sustainable Development- New Worldviews, Gower Publishing, London, UK.
Videos
1. Siège de sel et de sable: the first short Tunisian movie on climate change (http://nawaat.org/portail/2014/03/24/siege-entre-sel-et-sable-vue-cinematographique-sur-le-changement-climatique) only a few minutes are available because unfortunately it wasn't produced due to a lack of resources.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOU306AvvHE
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHWqLrMI_iI
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcLG-tcMvyg
