Introduction to the Environment

Unit 5

Climate Change and Global Warming

Global warming is perhaps the single most important environmental issue and yet it seems remote to us. This unit explains the greenhouse effect and the ozone depletion problem, sets out some evidence and the predicted effects and goes on to look at the long term future implications of various courses of action.

Tasks for this unit include asking students to identify their own effects and to suggest what actions they could take to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.