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The Human Impact of
Climate Change
SESSION 4
Climate change stories
WHERE DO YOU STAND?
DISAGREE
AGREE
WHO IS AFFECTED?
CLIMATE CHANGE STORIES
Martina, Uganda
CLIMATE CHANGE STORIES
Lucia, Bolivia
CLIMATE CHANGE STORIES
Hasina, Bangladesh
CLIMATE CHANGE STORIES
Martin, Malawi
SESSION 5
Adapting to climate change
WHAT DOES CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION MEAN?
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Developing warning systems in Peru.
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Training farmers in Indonesia.
ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Raising awareness in the Philippines.
IF YOU WORKED FOR OXFAM...
Flooding in Bangladesh: drinking water can
become mixed with dirty flood water and
sewage. This can make people ill...
Credit: Dan Chung
Feb 09
Credit: Oxfam
2010
RAISED WELLS
FLOATING
TOILET
Flooding in Bangladesh: people’s houses and
crops can be washed away, leaving them with
no shelter or food.
RAISED HOMES
FLOATING
TOILET
Flooding in Bangladesh: People living in very
small, isolated villages may not know when the
floods are coming.
DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS
COMMITTEES
EARLY FLOOD
WARNING VIA
RADIO
Flooding in Bangladesh: The climate is
changing, making the weather in Bangladesh more
unpredictable and flooding more likely.
CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGN
SAHENA’S STORY
SAHENA’S STORY
SAHENA’S STORY
SAHENA’S STORY
SAHENA’S STORY
SAHENA’S STORY
SAHENA’S STORY
SESSION 6
Taking action against climate
change
WHAT DOES TAKING ACTION MEAN?
WHO SHOULD ACT?
Myself
Other
people
People
in power
My
friends
TYPES OF ACTION
• Raising awareness: sharing learning about the
human impact of climate change with others.
• Campaigning: asking decision makers to do what
they can to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
support communities to adapt to climate change.
• Going green: individuals, schools and
communities taking action to reduce their own
emissions.
• Fundraising: raising money for charities working
against climate change.
TAKING THE MESSAGE TO
DOWNING STREET
CHELFORD CLIMATE CHAMPIONS
INSPIRING CHANGE
REDUCING THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT
RANKING ACTIONS
Make a leaflet or poster
about climate change and
display it in school and in
the local community.
Raise money and donate
it to a charity working
against climate change.
Most effective
Write to our MP to ask the
government to do more to
combat climate change.
Least effective
ACTION PLANNING
Activity
Resources
needed
Who is
Support
responsible? needed
Deadline
Evidence of
success