CH3 Energy transition skills BuiteNLand TTO

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

What is the opening image about?

1. climate change
2. economy
3. migration
4. covid-19

How important is climate change to you?

1. Don't care
2. A matter of life and death
3. Not massively important
4. I wouldn't be able to make an impact anyway

01:17

What does it mean, to struggle to reach consensus?

02:09

What does net zero emissions mean?

1. emissions - carbon capture = 0
2. no more emissions at all
3. It means only natural emissions are allowed
4. It means that we are back to levels from before the industrial revolution

03:12

What is the goal of having a COP every 5 years?

04:32

Do you agree that the major emitters of the past also need to take the responsibility for the future?

1. No, we are all responsible for the future, every country must take the same effort
2. Yes, they were able to grow their economies quickly thanks to the use of fossil fuels
3. No, the major emitters have also created more wealth globally from which multiple countries have benefitted
4. Yes, they have made the mess, so they are in charge of cleaning it up

05:48

Do you think the Dutch government does enough to prevent climate change?

1. Yes
2. Yes, but they could do even more
3. No, they do too much
4. No, they should do more

Lesson goals

After this lesson:

- you can name 4 natural mechanisms that can influence the global/local climate

- you know what a climate scenario is and how it is constructed

- you can use diagrams and graphs to understand climate scenarios 

Explain the greenhouse effect in your own words

Measuring for climate monitoring

- temperature

- CO2

- sealevel

- glaciers and polar ice caps

- tree coverage

- number of storms, droughts, forest fires

- etc

Measuring for climate monitoring

- temperature

- CO2

- sealevel

- glaciers and polar ice caps

- tree coverage

- number of storms, droughts, forest fires

- etc

Climate scenarios

Uses measurements of the past to predict the future 

Uses computer models of feedback processes 

e.g. Will melting of the polar caps cool down the seas and therefore cool the climate, or will the disappearance of more ice lead to darker surfaces and thus cause more heating?

RCP is a measurement for the amount of particles of greenhouse gas per unit of air. 

Let's get to work

Skills exercises 1-7

Make sure to read the text boxes in between

-> last 10 minutes knowledge check!

Remember the lesson goals:
- you can name 4 natural mechanisms that can influence the global/local climate

- you know what a climate scenario is and how it is constructed

- you can use diagrams and graphs to understand climate scenarios 

Why don't climate scientists just make 1 scenario?

Name the 4 natural processes that can influence the climate from the skills paragraph (each answer seperately please)

RCP is een maat en staat in de figuur simpel gezegd voor het aantal broeikasdeeltjes per eenheid lucht. Emissie is een ander woord voor uitstoot.

6b. Name a reason why at emission scenar van RCP 8,5 meer onzekerheid bestaat over de risico’s van de klimaatverandering dan bij een toekomstscenario met een lager emissiepad.