Journal 12 | Catastrophe, Journal | Carbon’s Casualties
1. Journal 12 | Catastrophe
1. Dubner (2015) Freakonomics Radio: How efficient is energy efficiency?
(Links to an external site.) (podcast)
2. U.S. Energy Information Administration (2021). US Energy Facts Explained
2. Journal 13 | Carbon’s Casualties
Prompt:
Answer the following questions based on your assigned “Carbon’s Casualties”
article: A Remote Pacific Nation, Threatened by Rising Seas
1. How has global climate change affected the local climate and geography of
the region discussed in your article?
2. How have these changes affected the people living there?
3. How have the people tried to adapt to climate change’s effects?
4. All of these articles include images which were selected to have an impact on
the reader. What do these images show? Which image is the most powerful? Describe it and discuss what makes it an effective image.
5. Why is this story important for the world to know?