Understanding our Environment in Geography
Details
This free online environmental course explores a number of major global phenomena at play including deforestation, climate change and drought. The course then delves into the socioeconomic consequences of these effects. This free, self-paced online tutorial is an ideal complement to traditional textbook learning. Teachers can treat the course as a resource and assign specific areas to students. The course can also be used as a stand-alone introduction to the various facets of environmental biodiversity and its key political and social corollaries.
CERTIFICATIONTo qualify for your official ALISON Diploma, Certificate or PDF you must study and complete all modules and score 80% or more in each of the course assessments. A link to your Diploma certificate will then appear under the My Certificates heading of your My Account page.
LEARNING OUTCOMESAfter completing this course you will know about various global phenomena and their impact on people and places. You will learn about rainforest destruction, rising sea levels and refugees. You will understand the different strategies that are carried out in response to global problems. You will know about carbon emissions and carbon credit trading. You will be aware of the responses to sea level change and global warming around the world.
Outline
Definition and classification of global phenomena
Impacts of global phenomena on people and places
The distribution of global phenomena
Natural processes which generate global phenomena
The environment: taking a global perpective
Rainforest destruction
Global responses to rainforest destruction
The effectiveness of global environmental strategies
Carbon emissions
The 1997 Kyoto conference
How are organisations responding to global environmental issues?
Assessment
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