Climate Changers (ATOM Study Guide)

Climate Changers is Tim Flannery’s search for leadership on climate change. Where are the leaders who will drive change? Are they strong enough to triumph where others have failed?

Tim poses these questions as he meets leaders past and present in the hope of finding answers. Climate change is humanity’s greatest challenge as we delve into what frustrates Tim, what motivates him, and where he believes the solutions lie.

This immersive journey takes Tim from his early days as a palaeontologist, to his tireless efforts at the Copenhagen COP in 2009 which failed to deliver, to fending off deeply personal attacks from deniers and right-wing media, to the COP26 in Glasgow 2021, and onto today’s ever-pressing challenges of geopolitical troubles, and the fossil fuel industry’s obstruction to change. 

Whilst the science is not in question, finding the leaders to lead us through this quagmire is still in question … Do we have what it takes to get out of this mess?

Curriculum Links:

Climate Changers is relevant to the learning areas of: 

• Science (Earth and Space Sciences, Science as a Human Endeavour) – Years 7-10
• Humanities and Social Sciences (Geography, Civics and Citizenship) – Years 7-10
• Science (Earth and Environmental Science) – Years 11-12
• Geography – Years 11-12
• English – Years 7-12
• The Arts (Media) – Years 7-12

It can also be linked to the general capabilities of:

• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Personal and Social Capability
• Ethical Understanding
• Intercultural Understanding

In addition to the cross-curriculum priorities of:

• Sustainability
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
• Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia

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