Conference on Climate Change

 

Ni hao!

 

Xing nian kuai le. Gong xi fa cai (I think that's how you spell it)!

 

Welcome back to MUN class. We are going to do something a little different. This time, you will be assigned four different countries! That's right, four different countries. However, the format will be a little bit different.

 

1. You need to get country profiles, but all I want you to do is use them. With that said, I will allow you to copy and paste them on the blog. Remember to cite your source of information, and also remember to keep a hard copy for yourself so you can use it later.
   

   
    

2. After you get your country profiles, you will start researching climate change. You need to answer the following questions, cite your sources and back them up with facts. Each of you will have a specific task in our group. This will be our class work and homework for February 23, 2010.
   

   
    

   1. Geographer: What is "climate change?" How can it be a bad thing?
      
      1. I suggest you explain this term in simple and specific scientific/geographic terms.
         

         
          

   2. Scientist: How does climate change occur? What makes it happen?
      
      1. I suggest you back it up with solid science.
         

         
          

   3. Environmental Scientist: If climate change happens, how will that affect our environment?
      
      1. I suggest you use past environmental tragedies as examples.
         

         
          

   4. Economist: If climate change happens, how will that affect our economies?
      
      1. I suggest you get dollar amount estimates.
         

         
          

   5. Historian/Politician: If climate change happens, how will that affect the relationship between countries?
      
      1. I suggest you look at examples from the past of courtiers who had bad relationships and find out why.
         

   
    

3. After you finish your research, you will then answer the following questions about all four of your respective countries.
   

   
    

   1. How do these climate change problems affect my country?
      

      
       

   2. What is my countries' economy based upon?
      

      
       

   3. How will any resolutions passed by the United Nations affect my countries' economy?
      

      
       

   4. How do my countries' political leaders feel about climate change?
      

   
    

4. After this, we will have more of a discussion instead of a conference on climate change. During this discussion we will focus on strategies and how to "walk a mile in someone else's shoes" in order to get a resolution passed or defeated.
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   Hao bu hao?
   

   
    

   Mr. Gibson