Drawdown Lift
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Provided by: Project Drawdown|Published on: January 23, 2023
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Synopsis
- This resource provides information about a Project Drawdown program that aims to increase well-being and reduce poverty by supporting the climate solutions that do both.
- The resource includes text and a video about the program, the Lift Advisory Council Members, and links to numerous related resources.
Subjects: Economics, Civics, Geography
Authors: Project Drawdown
Region: Africa, Asia, Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- Students can learn about the program through both text and video.
- There are links to videos, webinars, podcasts, articles, and other Project Drawdown publications that students can explore to learn more.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with the causes, effects, and solutions to climate change.
- The Project Drawdown Climate-Poverty Connections Report details the specific solutions that both lessen climate change and poverty.
Differentiation
- Students can discuss the issues of injustice that connect climate change and poverty, such as the disproportionate impact climate change has on people living in extreme poverty, even though they contribute very little to global emissions.
- Economics classes can research methods for low-carbon economic growth and the financial barriers to implementation.
- Geography classes can explore the regions of interest for this initiative, Africa and South Asia, and discuss the specific challenges of these areas and why they were targeted.
- Civics classes can discuss how developed countries can best support developing countries in supporting equality, reducing poverty, and slowing climate change.
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About the Partner Provider
Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. Cities, universities, corporations, philanthropies, policymakers, communities, educators, activists, and more turn to Project Drawdown as they look to advance effective climate action. Project Drawdown resources for educators include the database of Drawdown Solutions, educational video series Climate Solutions 101, the Drawdown Stories initiative, and more.
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