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Geography KS3 / GCSE: Climate Change - Ade on the Frontline

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In this series of short films for secondary schools, Ade Adepitan travels to places on the frontline of climate change to see the damage caused and how we can fight it.

Ade scours the globe for the natural and technological fixes that can help us slow climate change and adapt to the changes already taking place.

These clips are suitable for teaching KS3 and KS4 / GCSE geography in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 4/5 in Scotland.

The Solomon Islands and Australia

Sea level rises in the Solomon Islands
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Sea level rises in the Solomon Islands

Ade Adepitan travels to the Solomon Islands to see the dramatic effect rising sea levels are having on local communities.

Kelp reforestation in Tasmania
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Kelp reforestation in Tasmania

Ade Adepitan travels to Tasmania to find out about the work being done to protect the carbon-capturing underwater kelp forests.

Renewable energy in Tasmania
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Renewable energy in Tasmania

Ade Adepitan visits a wind farm in Tasmania that will help the island to reach a major milestone: producing all of its electricity from renewable sources.

Drought in Queensland, Australia
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Drought in Queensland, Australia

Ade Adepitan visits Queensland, where drought has had a devastating effect on the landscape.

Reducing food waste in Sydney, Australia
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Reducing food waste in Sydney, Australia

Ade Adepitan visits Sydney to learn about an organisation that redistributes food that would otherwise be wasted.

Bangladesh and Bhutan

Climate refugees in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Climate refugees in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ade Adepitan meets climate refugees in Bangladesh, who have been forced by rising sea levels to seek a new life in their capital city of Dhaka.

Rising sea levels in Bangladesh
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Rising sea levels in Bangladesh

Ade Adepitan travels to Bangladesh to find out how a combination of rising sea levels and extreme weather events is affecting life.

Melting glaciers in Bhutan
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Melting glaciers in Bhutan

Ade Adepitan visits Bhutan to see the effects of rising temperatures on the glaciers there, and the danger this poses to the communities further down the valleys.

Planting trees in Bhutan
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Planting trees in Bhutan

Ade Adepitan meets Sonam Phuntsho, who has planted more than one hundred thousand trees in Bhutan. Planting trees is one of the cheapest and most effective ways we have of tackling climate change.

Scandinavia

Peatlands in Sweden
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Peatlands in Sweden

Ade Adepitan travels to Sweden to see how restoring peatlands can help us fight climate change.

Sustainable power in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Sustainable power in Copenhagen, Denmark

Ade Adepitan travels to CopenHill, an energy plant in Copenhagen that runs on rubbish rather than fossil fuels.

Hydrogen house in Gothenburg, Sweden
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Hydrogen house in Gothenburg, Sweden

Ade Adepitan visits a special house in Gothenburg, which is powered by converting excess summer sun into hydrogen.

Rising temperatures in Svalbard
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Rising temperatures in Svalbard

Ade Adepitan travels Svalbard to see the effects of rising temperatures on a dog-sled business.