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Provided by: Center for Economic and Social Rights |Published on: August 14, 2025
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Synopsis
In this article from the Center for Economic and Social Rights, students will read about finances, taxes, loans, reparations, and gender inequalities through the lens of climate change.
Students will understand the concept of climate reparations and how the Global North can help the Global South face climate impacts brought on by the North's use of fossil fuels.
This resource provides helpful links for learning more.
Students will benefit from understanding the role of money and finance in climate action.
Prerequisites
Students should understand colonialism and the history of exploitation that has led to inequalities in today's society.
Students should be familiar with climate change, its causes, and its impacts.
Differentiation & Implementation
Teachers can have students work with the new vocabulary for reparations and agreements by defining each term in their own words and drawing an image to represent this word.
To understand the adaptation needs of those in the Global South, teachers can guide students in an exploration of the extreme weather and other impacts that these regions face today. Teachers can discuss why this makes the prioritization of mitigation strategies over adaptation strategies unfair for those in the Global South.
After reading this article, especially the section on climate litigation, teachers can show students this story as an example of environmental law protecting the land and the people who depend on it.
Teachers can use this article to explain the interconnectedness between Sustainable Development Goal 13, Climate Action, and Sustainable Development Goal 10, Reduced Inequalities.
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