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Improve Fishing Vessel Efficiency

Provided by: Project Drawdown |Published on: January 13, 2023

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Synopsis

This article highlights the carbon reduction possible by changing commercial fisheries' practices to lower their fuel use.
Students will learn how upgrading fishing equipment can cut fuel use, thus leading to fewer emissions caused by commercial fishing.

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Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences

Authors: Project Drawdown

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Positives

This resource includes many helpful graphics, including one that explains Project Drawdown's rating of this solution as worthwhile.
This article is brief, making it an excellent Project Drawdown resource for beginners to start with.

Prerequisites

A basic familiarity with the units of measurement used in the article, gigatons or metric tons, will help with comprehension.

Differentiation & Implementation

Provide students with a note-taking guide that directs them to summarize concepts, such as methodology and economic considerations, in order to organize significant findings while reading.
Enhance students' understanding of climate solutions by allowing them to view these Climate 101 videos that provide background information on how to start enacting solutions to climate change.
Consider pre-teaching new vocabulary prior to reading the article, allowing students to focus on comprehending big ideas in the text.

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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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