COP27 Lesson 5

Are we all in the same boat?

Project this lesson onto your whiteboard and away you go.....

Have a look at the picture below and think about what it means...... Can you tell us what it means?

We are now slowly coming out of COVID. And COVID affected everybody, old and young, men and women and rich and poor.

And just like COVID (in what ways) we are all being affected by Climate Change. And so COVID was our first chance to work together to overcome this crisis. How did we do?

Guess first and then check the drop down menu to see some of the answers

What changes came as a result COVID?

Lockdown... (what is this?)
Schools were closed.
We had to homeschool ... (I loved it / I hated it.. let us know)
We had to socially distance.
Lots of people had to work from home. (who?)
Some people went to work (who?)
Adults had to wear masks (When, where, why?)
We all had to wash our hands and sanitise - why?
We couldn't visit other people's houses.
We could only visit our grandparents by standing outside their windows.
Lots of people went walking. Everyone wanted a dog.
Lots of people bought toilet paper.
We were really dependent on the internet.
It was a lonely time for many - especially the older people.
Lots of people got very sick and lots of people died.
I'm sure you can think of more......

We didn't do so well. We have lessons to learn.

We left all the poor countries behind when it came to sharing the Vaccine.

90% of people in Ireland are vaccinated but only 10% of people in poorer countries are vaccinated.
In poorer countries the internet coverage is very poor and so when schools closed children couldn't learn.
Smart Devices are limited in poorer countries.
Hospitals aren't as well equipped in poorer countries.
We left the poor behind....

Are we going to do the same now with the Climate Crisis?

This is why COP26 needs to learn from the mistakes we made with COVID.

What are the aims of COP26.