For your unit discussion, please review the following videos and articles and think about the questions associated with each. You will want to take notes as you go along, so you can formulate your response at the end. The purpose of this discussion is to prompt you to think about climate change and the causes and effects of it.

Task

Read the following articles and consider “What is the outlook for climate change based on what you read in these articles? What makes you think that?”:

1. UN urges global emissions cuts and warns of ‘bleak’ climate change outlook
2. The Paris Climate Agreement What You Need to Know – The New York Times

Read the following article and think about “Why has it been suggested that eating less meat will help with climate change?”:

1. How Eating Less Meat Could Help Protect the Planet From Climate Change

DISCUSSION POST:

Using the above 3 articles as the basis for your discussion, please respond to the two questions below. In your initial discussion, please be sure to address each individual question specifically.

Questions to Address in the Discussion:

1. What is the outlook for climate change based on what you read in the first 2 articles? What makes you form your opinion?
2. Why has it been suggested that eating less meat will help with climate change, based on the 3rd article?

Once you have formulated your original discussion post, please respond to at least 2 of your classmates.