Explore the Paris Rulebook and how it impacts my daily life at school

Starter

Ask the students: What is the Paris Rulebook? Have you come across this term before?

The Paris Rulebook is a set of rules for certain countries to follow that tackle climate change. It aims to cover the process of making climate change less severe in order to help countries adapt to its impact and fund eco-friendly plans.

Main Teaching

This lesson explores the history of the Paris Agreement and establishes the key figure of Greta Thunberg, highlighting the impact that the children have the potential to make in climate activism. As well as this, it highlights the steps that still need to be taken to ensure net zero.

Career Film: This is Robert Alford. Robert works in Nuclear Innovation and Research for National Nuclear Laboratory.

Expert Film: This is Robert Alford. Robert works in Nuclear Innovation and Research for National Nuclear Laboratory. Robert talks about the Climate Change Conference.

Mission Assignment

Ask the students to create their own Paris Agreement for their school. What will they need to consider? What will their Paris Agreement include? How will they make sure everyone follows the rules they have laid out? What steps will they need to take to implement it? Encourage them to think about events to raise awareness and campaigning for their own Paris Agreement.

Ask the students to swap their completed Paris Agreement with a partner. Ask them to provide feedback on their plan, including 2 things that they like and 2 things that they think they could improve on.

Challenge task: Ask the students to create a critical analysis of the actions of one of the countries which is currently part of the Paris Agreement. Do they believe their efforts to be enough? If so, why? If not, what else do they think they should be doing? Consider the country's largest industries, their current emissions in relation to their population and their relationships with other countries.