Article by the UN Environment agency which links the Coronavirus crisis with underlying threats to ecosystems, wildlife, biodiversity and sustainability.
This article can be used as a source of evidence by students on the challenges of environmental sustainability and the role of a supranational organisation like the UN in facing those challenges.
Strand: 8. Sustainable Development
Strand unit: 1. Actions that Address Sustainable Dev
Suggestions for use: The resources in this learning path could be used as stimuli for students, with the teacher creating tasks around an essential question, or set of questions. Students could be asked to use the resources included to create; a paragraph response, discursive essay response, voice clip of their response, research of further data on this topic or to critically evaluate the sources, amongst other ideas. Learning Outcomes: 2.6 8.1 8.2 8.3 Topics: Sustainable Development; Power and Decision making at National and European Level.
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