Cities Are Driving Climate Change. Here's How They Can Fix It.
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Provided by: TED|Published on: May 19, 2022
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Synopsis
- In this TED video, Angel Hsu explains how cities are responsible for the vast majority of the world's carbon emissions and how city residents are experiencing some of the worst effects of climate change, looking at examples from New York City, South Carolina, Los Angeles, and cities outside of the United States like Shanghai, Copenhagen, Glasgow, and Bogota.
- She also talks about the climate solutions cities can enact, creating innovative responses to climate change and addressing climate equity, to inspire change all around the globe.
Subjects: Engineering
Authors: Angel Hsu
Region: Asia, Europe, North America, South and Central America, USA - Northeast, USA - West, USA - South, United States, Global, California
Languages: English
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Positives
- This video highlights that cities can be both part of the problem and part of the solution for combating global climate change.
- The video explains how climate equity is an important aspect of climate change action that must be prioritized.
Additional Prerequisites
- Teachers may want to print the transcript for students to read as they watch the video.
- Teachers may want to review the additional resources linked in the "Learn More" section, or in the transcript footnotes for more information about this topic.
Differentiation
- Subtitles and video transcripts are provided in more than 13 languages.
- This resource could be paired with this activity to design and build a more equitable city or this lesson about inequalities of tree cover in urban areas.
- Social studies classes could use this video as a hook for lessons about climate migration, adaptation and mitigation strategies for communities, and environmental justice.
- Science and engineering classes could tie this video into lessons about the water cycle, heat and energy, and urban design.
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