MIT Climate Primer: Solutions
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Provided by: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative|Published on: November 12, 2021
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Synopsis
- This interactive resource discusses solutions to the risks of climate change including cutting emissions, removing carbon, adaptation, and geoengineering.
- Students will learn about nature-based solutions, modern technologies, and potential future technological advancements that can help mitigate the climate crisis.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Engineering
Authors: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- It is encouraging for students to learn about the answers that already exist and upcoming innovations in green technology.
- It is engaging, interactive, and applicable to a diversity of learning styles due to the variety of media presented.
Prerequisites
- Students should be at a high school reading level and have a baseline ability to interpret and analyze data.
- For the most complete context, students should first visit the previous three pages on climate science, climate change, and risks.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Students can create a level-appropriate design for a climate solution of their choice.
- At the end of the page, there is an option to "go deeper," which includes a nine-question quiz, Q & A, and links to more MIT Climate resources.
- This resource can be taught in tandem with MIT Climate Primer: Risks.
- The figures and charts are all downloadable and there is a PDF version of the entire webpage.
- The read-along feature provides highlighted text as the audio file plays, which may be helpful for some learners.
- Other resources on this topic include How Empowering Women and Girls Can Help Stop Global Warming, Big Climate Problems Require Even Bigger Global Solutions, and En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator.
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About the Partner Provider
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Founded in 2014, the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) is MIT’s institute-wide effort to mobilize the substantial scientific, engineering, policy, and design capacity of the MIT community to contribute to addressing climate change and other environmental challenges of global import. ESI pursues multidisciplinary research, education, events, and partnerships to help move society toward an environmentally and socially sustainable future. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts on MIT’s main campus, ESI is powered by a lean staff working closely with students and faculty across the full spectrum of disciplines. Led by architecture professor John E. Fernandez, a leading scholar in the emerging field of urban metabolism, ESI is advised by students, faculty, alumni, and thought leaders from many sectors of society.
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