3.3. Risks, Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Mitigation

Watch the first half (to ~6:56) of the video issued in March 2014 by the (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR1Dk5p7Swc) . Use the questions below to guide your viewing. (The second part of the video discusses actions that can be taken to reduce risk from climate change and will be revisited in the next lesson).

• How is climate change impacting ecosystems?
• Which people are most vulnerable to climate change and why?
• What three factors determine the amount of risk associated with climate change?

Read the following two articles

“Panel’s Warning on Climate Risk: Worst Is Yet to Come" (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/science/earth/climate.html) 

“Calculated Risk” (http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/03/ipcc-to-humanity-climate-change-will-affect-us-all-lets-do-something-about-it-right)

and then combining information from your reading with the ideas discussed in the IPCC video, explain how the current and future impacts of climate change related to the sustainability principles outlined in the Lesson 1. Record your response in the Lesson 3 Response Form.