Assignment 4 - Climate Change (10%)

Students must research current international agreements and proposed Canadian laws and regulations regarding climate change. As a starting point, students may want to visit the following general websites, but you need to google and research the internet to find all available Canadian resources in order to review and address the two questions, asked as part of this Assignment.

• https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/
• https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-cycle/
• https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/09/14/in-response-to-climate-change-citizens-in-advanced-economies-are-willing-to-alter-how-they-live-and-work/
• https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement/key-aspects-of-the-paris-agreement
• https://theconversation.com/international-climate-agreements-there-must-be-a-better-way-16750

In connection with their research, students should create a typed-written response to the following questions:

(1) What is the conclusion of the latest report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? What is at risk?

(2) Where is most action on climate change being takenfrom the top down, or from the bottom up? What can each of us to do to affect the situation?