This comprehensive platform tracks countries' emissions targets and places each country into one of the following categories: critically insufficient, highly insufficient, insufficient, almost sufficient, and Paris Agreement compatible.
Students can research individual countries to see details about historical emissions, modelled domestic pathways, fair share targets, and other details.
MtCO2e / year - million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent released per year
Classroom Implementation:
Walk students through the use of the interactive resource and its features, including the buttons for how to read the graph and download the data, and the accompanying explanatory text with background information on the country.
Have each student select one country to research and report on to the rest of the class.
Differentiation:
Group students to explore the data.
Interdisciplinary Connections:
Social Studies:
Students select one country and conduct research on their NDC.
Discuss the historic responsibility of industrialized countries' emissions and how best to decarbonize the world (i.e., have rich, industrialized countries financially assist poor, developing countries to decarbonize and gain access to renewable energy).
Math:
Students analyze the graphs for individual countries and try to design better, more user-friendly graphs.
Related Resources:
Use this Hot Mess video about responsibility for climate change as a hook for exploring this resource.
