Strand 3: Global Connections
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3.1 Economic Approaches to Sustainable DevelopmentEconomic systems determine how a society extracts resources, produces goods, distributes wealth, and treats the biosphere.3.2 Climate Justice MovementsClimate justice treats global warming as a crisis of human rights, political power, and historical responsibility rather than a simple problem of…3.3 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)This topic asks you to do four things: say where the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came from, explain what they were designed to do differently, show…3.4 & 3.5 Climate Justice in the MediaAlmost nobody reads peer-reviewed climate science directly.3.6 Negative Impacts of Climate ChangeClimate change is far more than a set of rising figures on a temperature chart.3.7 Climate Change Mitigation and AdaptionClimate change demands two fundamental, interconnected responses: mitigation to tackle root causes by cutting greenhouse gas emissions and expanding carbon…3.8 & 3.9 Decarbonising EconomiesDecarbonising an economy means systematically transforming how we produce goods, travel, heat buildings, generate electricity, and manage land so that we…3.10 The Impact of International CommitmentsHere is the whole topic in one idea. At UN summits, countries promise to cut the gases that heat the planet.