Climate change: Introduction (KS3/4)

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In November, the world will unite in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). The decisions made at this event will inform the actions we take to tackle climate change. By teaching our children about climate change and the significance of COP26, we can empower them to effect change as they become the decision makers of the future. ...

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Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World | The climate activist sets out her mission | BBC One

Greta Thunberg describes the scale of the challenge to address climate change, with time running out.

Content

  • Channel: BBC One
  • Format: TV
  • Duration: 2'52"

Curriculum connections

SMSC | Geography | Climate Change | COP26 | Overview

Climate Change - The Facts | A manmade disaster on a global scale | BBC One

David Attenborough introduces the evidence that climate change is caused by human activity.

Content

  • Channel: BBC One
  • Format: TV

Curriculum connections

SMSC | Geography | Climate Change | COP26 | Overview

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures | Climate change | BBC Four

Professor Chris Jackson discusses the extreme climate change in the last 100 years.

Content

  • Channel: BBC Four
  • Format: TV
  • Duration: 2'11''

Curriculum connections

Geography | Weather and climate | Climate, weather and cloud types | Climatic zones

BBC News | Climate change and inequality | BBC News 24

Stephanie Hegarty looks at the disproportionate effects of climate change on people with low incomes.

Content

  • Channel: BBC News
  • Format: TV
  • Duration: 2'59"

Curriculum connections

SMSC | Climate Change | COP26 | Effects of climate change

Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World | Carbon dioxide levels | BBC Two

Professor Iain Stewart outlines the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Content

  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Format: TV
  • Duration: 2'13''

Curriculum connections

Geography | Energy and Resources | Non-renewable and renewable energy | Non-renewable energy: fossil fuels

This World | Climate change and the coffee industry | BBC Two

Climate change is threatening the future of the coffee industry in Vietnam.

Content

  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Format: TV
  • Duration: 1'10"

Curriculum connections

Geography | Globalisation, trade and interdependence | Globalisation and global trade | Impact of global trade

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World | Glacial retreat at the Athabasca glacier | BBC One

Professor John Pomeroy describes the causes of glacial retreat.

Content

  • Channel: BBC One
  • Format: TV
  • Duration: 4'32"

Curriculum connections

SMSC | Geography | Climate Change | COP26 | Overview

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures | Climate injustice | BBC Four

Dr Tara Shine demonstrates how climate change does not always impact the areas of the world that produce the most carbon.

Content

  • Channel: BBC Four
  • Format: TV
  • Duration: 2'39"

Curriculum connections

Geography | Weather and climate | Climate, weather and cloud types | Climatic zones

Amazon under Threat | Trees and carbon | BBC News

A demonstration of the importance of trees for climate change.

Content

  • Channel: BBC News
  • Format: TV
  • Duration: 3'19''

Curriculum connections

Geography | Ecosystems | Tropical rainforest biomes | Importance of rainforests

Newsround | What Greta Thunberg represents to other children | CBBC

This news report looks at why Greta Thunberg is so inspirational to children as they prepare to join a climate protest with her in Bristol.

Content

  • Channel: CBBC
  • Format: TV
  • Duration: 1'28''

Curriculum connections

Geography | Weather and climate | Climate, weather and cloud types | Climatic zones