​Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat
climate change ​and its impacts

KEY WORDS: climate; weather; global warming; climate change; el nino; environment; meteorology; greenhouse gases; climate change; ecosystems; biodiversity; natural disasters; drought; floods; extreme weather

Questions

Here are some questions to help stimulate your thinking about this Goal:
  • ​What is global warning?
  • What do those people who do not believe in 'global warming' say about climate change?
  • How is global warming measured?
  • ​What are considered the main factors causing global warming?
  • What is being done to try and minimise / reverse the impact of global warming?
  • Many third world countries are becoming industrialised. What is being done to minimise the impact of this industrialisation on climate change?
  • What is meant by the term 'carbon footprint'?
  • How is a person's 'carbon footprint' measured?
  • What are some of the of the current international treaties / agreements in place to try and slow / reverse the impact of global warming?