Climate movement

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/climate-movement

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the climate movement?The climate movement is a worldwide group of people who want governments and companies to protect the planet from climate change.
2. Why did the climate movement start?It began in the late 1980s and early 1990s when scientists agreed that humans were warming the Earth and people wanted to help.

Climate Change: Long-term shifts in global or regional climate patterns, primarily attributed to increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.
Climate Action: The collective efforts and policies undertaken to address the causes and impacts of climate change, including emissions reduction and adaptation measures.
Social Movement: An organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one, through collective action.
Anthropogenic Global Warming: The warming of Earth's climate system due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth's atmosphere.