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Growing demand around the world for climate justice highlights the disparities at every geographic scale between those who contribute most to climate change and those who stand to be most negatively affected.
Credit: People holding banner by Vincent M.A. Janssen from Pexels (Public Domain)
What will we learn?
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
- define impacts of climate change and explain the difference between direct and indirect impacts, giving examples;
- define vulnerability and explain the three dimensions of vulnerability, giving examples;
- explain how the same climate change impact creates winners and losers;
- explain what resilience to climate change is and how that relates to vulnerability;
- understand and articulate common risk factors for increased vulnerability to climate change impacts;
- describe climate justice.
What is due this week?
This lesson will take us one week to complete. Please refer to the corresponding module in Canvas for specific assignments, deliverables, and due dates.
Questions?
If you have questions, please feel free to post them to the Ask a Question about the Lesson forum. While you are there, feel free to post your own responses if you, too, are able to help a classmate.