​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

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​Resources
Climate Change is Here - National Geographic
350.org
Climate change - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
​Climate change Home Page | Department of the Environment and Energy 
Global warming and climate change 
Addressing Climate Change | UNESCO
Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet: Effects
What are the impacts of climate change?  

UN Goal #13

WLL Resources

Programs and Charities

UN and Climate Change PPT

Teaching the SDGs Workbook

Curriculum Outcomes and Learning Activities

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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?

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