Significant Ideas:
Climate change has been a normal feature of the Earth’s history, but human activity has contributed to recent changes.
There has been significant debate about the causes of climate change.
Climate change causes widespread and significant impacts on a global scale.
Applications & Skills:
Discuss the feedback mechanisms that would be associated with a change in mean global temperature.
Evaluate contrasting viewpoints on the issue of climate change.
Director Anthony Leiserowitz
INFOGRAPHIC: Global CO2 Emissions Change Since Kyoto (2009)
Gallup Worldwide Poll in 2010 on Perception of Climate Change Causes (trends to 2023 here):