The cards Question What is climate action? Tap to flip Answer Efforts taken to combat climate change and its impacts. Question What is the United Nations (UN)? Tap to flip Answer An international organisation of most of the world's countries that aims to promote peace, security and international cooperation. Question What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Tap to flip Answer The UN's 'global goals' to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. Question How many Sustainable Development Goals did the UN set? Tap to flip Answer 17. Question By which year are the Sustainable Development Goals meant to be achieved? Tap to flip Answer 2030. Question Give one challenge that climate change poses to humanity. Tap to flip Answer e.g. health issues, people being displaced or resource scarcity. Question Which two kinds of power does the UN use to drive global change? Tap to flip Answer Hard power and soft power. Question Which kind of power does the UN mainly use to encourage global climate action? Tap to flip Answer Soft power. Question What is climate change? Tap to flip Answer Long-term changes in the Earth's weather patterns and temperatures, often caused by human activities such as burning fossil fuels. Question What are human rights? Tap to flip Answer Basic rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to. Question What is resource scarcity? Tap to flip Answer The limited availability of natural resources, such as food, water and fuel, needed to meet a population's needs. Question Give one way climate change worsens the environmental crisis. Tap to flip Answer e.g. species extinction, habitat loss or soil erosion. Question Give one way climate change affects the human rights of vulnerable communities. Tap to flip Answer e.g. food insecurity, health risks or displacement. Question At which three levels is positive action on climate change happening? Tap to flip Answer Individual, group and government levels. Question Which climate summits does the UN organise to unite countries and set climate goals? Tap to flip Answer COP summits. Question Which UN framework guides global climate policies, including the Paris Agreement? Tap to flip Answer The UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). Question What is a high income country (HIC)? Tap to flip Answer A wealthy nation with high economic development, a strong economy and high gross national income (GNI) per person. Question What is a low income country (LIC)? Tap to flip Answer A nation with limited wealth and development, often with a low GNI per person, where many struggle to access basic services. Question Why are high income countries major contributors to climate change? Tap to flip Answer Because of their use of fossil fuels. Question What kind of green energy is Malawi improving to reduce emissions? Tap to flip Answer Solar power. Question Do low income countries take action on climate change? Tap to flip Answer Yes; despite funding challenges, they take climate action with UN support and finance from other sources. Question What is a policy? Tap to flip Answer Courses of action or goals that people plan to carry out or are carrying out. Question What is industrialisation? Tap to flip Answer The process of developing and expanding industries in a country or region. Question Give one reason why progress on the SDGs has been slower than expected. Tap to flip Answer e.g. global events, political changes or economic setbacks. Question Why can moving to renewable energy hinder development in low income countries? Tap to flip Answer It can take up a large share of their GDP. Question What does COP stand for? Tap to flip Answer Conference of the Parties. Question COP is the annual meeting of which UN framework? Tap to flip Answer The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Question What is the Paris Agreement? Tap to flip Answer An international treaty on climate change. Question In which year did the Paris Agreement come into force? Tap to flip Answer 2016. Question Give one area of climate change that the Paris Agreement addresses. Tap to flip Answer e.g. mitigation, adaptation or climate finance. Question What kind of targets did the Paris Agreement promote for all nations? Tap to flip Answer Flexible, self-set targets. Question Which was the first international treaty to set legally binding emissions targets? Tap to flip Answer The Kyoto Protocol. Question What do COP meetings help ensure about nations' voices on climate solutions? Tap to flip Answer That all nations have a voice in shaping them. Question What is active citizenship? Tap to flip Answer Learning how to take part in democracy and using Citizenship knowledge and skills to work together to make a positive difference. Question Give one form of active citizenship that helps influence climate action at global conferences. Tap to flip Answer e.g. protests or citizen assemblies. Question What does 'effective' mean? Tap to flip Answer Achieving the intended results in a way that works well and makes good use of time and resources. Question What does 'deliberative' mean? Tap to flip Answer Involving careful thought, discussion and consideration before making decisions or reaching conclusions. Question Give one action the UN has taken on climate change. Tap to flip Answer e.g. organising climate conferences, creating the SDGs or mobilising funding for climate action. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Citizenship Unit How effective is the UN and SDGs on promoting sustainability? England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. 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