Climate Change

You will need to understand the affect that climate change is having on our planet for Part A of your controlled assessment. The PDF attached below will give you some of the information you need to talk confidently about climate change:

Climate Change PDF

Theses Youtube links will also help you understand the key issues of climate change.

The history of climate change negotiations
The Green House Effect

Check point A

To make sure your research is thorough enough you should have answers/ evidence for the following questions:

• Why is the issue important locally? Write about Loughton – how is recycling an important issue? Write about recycling facilities in the local area.
• Write about how you have looked at the issue of recycling in school – make up some examples of what you learnt in school
   
• Write about the issue of recycling nationally – why is it a global concern? Where did you get your information from?
   
• Write about the issue of recycling in the school. Why is it an important issue? What do the students think about recycling?
• Overall, comment on that recycling is both a national and a local issue and that is the reason why you choose it for your issue.
• Attach all of your research to this part – write about how you went about researching the issue at this stage.

 

The article linked below might provide you with a starting point about why recycling is a national issue.

UK warned it will run out of landfill sites in eight years - Independent

 

Controlled Assessment Research

Use the links below to help you put together your research for part A of your controlled assessment. This list is to act as a start and should not be used as your only sources of research. Remember that your key questions for your research are:

1. What are the current views on recycling nationally and why it is important?
2. What recycling happens in Loughton?
3. What local or national issues are there surrounding recycling?

 

 

• Essex County Council http://www.essex.gov.uk/environment%20planning/recycling-waste/recycling-centres/Pages/Default.aspx
• Defra: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
• Recycle Now: http://www.recyclenow.com/schools/
• Choose to reuse: http://www.choose2reuse.org.uk/
• Recycling Guide: http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/
• Freecycle: http://www.freecycle.org/about/background
• Local news: http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/search/?search=recycling]
• National news: http://www.theguardian.com/uk http://www.independent.co.uk/