Task: Write a paragraph on what you learnt last

lesson…
Try and include as many key terms from the table below
Enhanced greenhouse Natural greenhouse Greenhouse gases
effect effect

Carbon Dixode Thicker layer of gases Trapped

Methane Heat Fossil fuels

Finished? Highlight the words you’ve used so I can quickly come round
and see what you’ve done ☺
 17 September 2021

Global impacts of
climate change
Aims:
Describe the distribution of countries
vulnerable to climate change
Investigate the impacts of climate
change around the world
Assess whether social, economic or
environmental impacts will be the worst
impacts
Task 1: Fill in the gap fill to describe which regions and
countries will be most affected by climate change.

Effective use of colour

shows a clear visual pattern

Continents labelled to make

it easier to use

No data given for several

countries

Doesn’t show variation

within countries – e.g. USA
(where do most hurricanes
happen in the USA?)

Finished? Want to develop A-level skills? Critique the map!

What is good and bad about it?
Task 2: Fill in the gap fill
for Polar Bears losing sea
ice
Task 3: Complete the
highlight task for the
Maldives
Task 4: Answer the
questions on Hurricane
Harvey using info from the
blue box
Task 5: Complete the task
for droughts in Cape Town
Info for Hurricane Harvey
• Category 4 hurricane (5 is the largest)
• 1000mm of rain in 4 days in some places
(mainly Texas and Louisiana)
• Wettest hurricane on record in the USA
• 100,000s of homes flooded, more than
30,000 people evacuated, over 100 people
died
• $125 billion in damage – only 15% of
houses had flood insurance
Collect a challenge article and
make notes in your book.
Lets apply your knowledge!
Choose two tasks to complete…
• Explain two environmental impacts of melting sea
ice. (4 marks)

• The drought wasn’t in the media until it affected

people. Are social impacts more important than
environmental? Discuss.

• Do you think the impacts would have been worse

if Hurricane Harvey hit an LIDC? Why?

• Are the Maldives the victim of actions by other

countries? Justify your answer!
 You are giving a speech at the UN Climate Change
conference this year. They are pledging $5 billion
towards ONE impact of Climate Change.

Which one would

you choose and why?
Justify your
decision!