Dim the sun? P4C stimulus

Early sunlight through clouds over mountains

What do your class think about this as a solution to climate change?

https://theconversation.com/why-dimming-the-sun-would-be-an-effective-tool-in-the-fight-against-climate-change-218670


Concepts include responsibility, technology, climate change, intervention, decisions.

Possible questions:

  • Should humans deliberately change natural processes?

  • Who should be involved in big decisions for the world?

  • Which would be better – one big fix or lots of little fixes?

 
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