Learning intention: Building on their understanding of climate change impacts, students explore possible adaptation options using the criteria of cost, ease, timeliness, and any limitations, including uncertainty.
This activity involves working through Taskpad Step 4: What actions should you take? Students will explore possible ways they could adapt to the climate change risks identified in Step 3. This relates to the Climate Change Adaptation Toolbox Step 4: What actions should you take?
What are different ways you could adapt to climate change?
- Run through (or ask students to use for independent research and summarise) Adapting to climate change webpage.
- Discuss as a class.
If time permits, make 2-minute presentations on some of these adaptation options as groups.
- Fill out Taskpad Step 4 in groups (you should have downloaded the Taskpad in Activity one)
- Discuss what each group came up with.
- Make sure some of the outcomes are realistic, both timewise and financially so that the class can do these.
If possible carry out one of the adaptation ideas in the Taskpad
- Work in groups or as a whole class for the planning stage.
- Each person gets a different role in the process, so everyone can take some responsibility.
- If none of the adaptation options are plausible, create a presentation to present to principal/board of trustees/city councillor etc.
- For example, if the school is close to a river or prone to flooding, students could plan an evacuation route and get the class/school to practice this.
