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Adapting and mitigating for climate change
These videos were part of the STEM Learning Climate Change Teacher Conference, in May 2021.
In the first video, Alyssa Gilbert, from the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, presents key points on both adaptation (making changes to reduce the impact of climate change) and mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions). Alyssa highlighted their meaning; the action which needs to be taken; the importance of COP26; the significance of student involvement and the huge part studying STEM subjects will play in achieving goals.
In the second video, Professor Lindsey McEwen, UWE, and Sally Stevens, Institute for Environmental Analytics, University of Reading - shared research and knowledge exchange from the UKRI Drought and Water Scarcity programme ‘Drought in the UK – exciting territory for learning’. They highlighted award-winning resources freely available for young people’s learning about drought and water scarcity in STEM and beyond.
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