Introduction #2 - Responding to the Climate Crisis

This is a 45-minute short course. Climate change is one of the biggest threats and injustices of our time. This short course aims to give you key information about responses needed to address the climate crisis as well as the background and importance of climate change policy frameworks. In this course, you will learn: -The difference between mitigation and adaptation -Examples of what adaptation and mitigation activities entail -About the history and role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and COP (Conference of Parties) -The importance of current climate data