IGCSE Geography / Fragile environments and climate change

Responding to climate change revision notes

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 7: Fragile environments and climate change, specification point 7.3c. Part of the full course.

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Countries respond to climate change by reducing its causes and preparing for its effects. The type of response used depends on who is acting and how much money and technology they have.

More lessons in Fragile environments and climate change

• Fragile environments
• What causes desertification
• Case study: desertification of the Sahel
• What causes deforestation
• Natural causes of climate change
• The enhanced greenhouse effect
• The impacts of desertification
• The impacts of deforestation
• How climate change is damaging fragile environments
• How climate change is affecting people
• Technology and water in drylands
• Managing rainforests sustainably
• Case study: conserving Brazil's rainforest
• Case study: the UK's response to climate change
• Case study: China's response to climate change
• Case study: the Solomon Islands and rising seas