6.3 Local and global resilience

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Unit 6. Global risks and resilience 

3. Local and global resilience

Lesson Objectives:

• To describe the Greenpeace Campaign for the protection of the Arctic
• To explain the outcomes and challenges in regard to the solutions

6.3.1 International civil society organizations and risks related to global action

Detailed examples of one environmental and one social civil society organization action

Example of one environmental civil society action: WWF's Canadian tar sands programme

Video: WWF Manifesto:

https://www.worldwildlife.org/initiatives

Research task

• Look up the latest Living Planet Index on www.livingplanetindex.org and look up the state of the world's biodiversity
• Visit www.panda.org to get to know more about the work of WWF. Choose a project to: 
• a) research an updated chronology of campaigns and activist events based on the topic,
• b) make a summary of WWFs main achievements; 
• c) Write an outline of the main challenges WWF faces (geopolitical/ environmental/ social).

Essay question: 

How successful have international civil society organizations been in attempting to raise awareness about, and find solutions for, environmental and social risks associated with global interactions? 

Which examples of environmental and social organizations can support this assessment?

6.3.2. Strategies to build resilience

Part 1: Re-shoring of Economic Activity by TNCs

Part 2: Crowdsourcing Technologies

Part 3: New Technologies for Global Flows

6.3.2. Strategies to build resilience

Part 1: Re-shoring of Economic Activity by TNCs

What is re-shoring? Can you give an example?

How can TNCs build resilience in to their supply chains? In particular, is re-shoring of economic activity the best solution?

Briefly explain what is meant with crowd sourcing

Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of crowdsourcing

6.3.3. 

Part 2: Crowdsourcing Technologies

In what ways can crowd-sourcing technologies help governments and civil society to become more resilient following disasters?

Part 3: New Technologies for Global Flows

How can new technologies help global flows of data and people to be managed more effectively and safely?

6.3 Check your understanding

6.3 Assessment

Essay or group presentation or concept map title: “Perspectives vary on the severity of different risks and priorities for action in managing new global risks.” Discuss this statement.