Instructions
Find two cases of countries greatly affected by climate, either the present or the past. Climate impacts may include the following: major droughts, flooding, extreme weather events, heat stress, and sea level rise.
- In the first case, the climate impact caused serious problems to the society.
- In the second case, the country managed to avoid serious damage to the society by means of a response or policies set in advance.
For each case, describe:
- What is your country? When did the climate impact take place? What was the climate impact? How unusual was it?
- What was the country's response, if any?
- What were the consequences of the climate impact in terms of damage to the society (people, property, and so on).
- Discuss why, in your own opinion, the first and second cases are different; in other words, why did the first country suffer from more damage than the second country?