GEM - Climate

Welcome to the GEM - Geography Education Matters! A useful resource for the Singapore Geography Teacher Community!

Climate

Topic 1 | Weather and Climate

Is Antarctica a Desert, a Tundra, or Both? [video]

Year in Numbers with the Meteorological Service Singapore

Let’s ask MSS:

Meteorological Service Singapore

Topic 2 | Climate Change

Fact-check - Is air conditioning making cities hotter?

Natural disasters are becoming man-made catastrophes

How climate change makes hurricanes worse [video]

How climate change can impact GDP and jobs

‘Flash droughts’ are growing increasingly common

Climate change threatens what’s left of Japan’s cormorant fishing legacy

A country being lost to rising sea levels [documentary]

Southeast Asian cities face existential crisis as they sink while sea levels rise [video]

Why is climate change fuelling tension in the Arctic?

Topic 3 | Climate Action

How do we provide cooling for everyone- without warming the planet

Fury as climate draft deal at COP28 falls short of fossil fuel phase-out

Climate change is here and now, says Desmond Lee; this is how Singapore is fighting back

New way to capture CO2 using incineration ash can lighten load on S’pore’s landfill

Can China achieve its ambitious climate pledges?

China droughts highlight energy challenge as climate heats up

WTO chief urges countries to prioritise subsidies that tackle climate crisis

Better protection, reducing greenhouse gases key to helping coral reefs survive warming seas

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