CONTENTS

1.0 Introduction 1

2.0 Environmental Issue (Climate Change) 4

3.0 Video narration 4

3.1 Video narration on 3 conceptual dimensions 5

3.2 Video narration on Climate Change 5

4.0 The ways 3 Conceptual Dimensions Of GCED Brings Benefit To The Society To
Resolve Climate Change Issue 4

5.0 The ways to resolve Climate change Issue 4

5.1 Article 15

5.2 Article 15

6.0 Conclusion 4

7.0 Self-reflection 4

8.0 References 4
1.0 INTRODUCTION

Global citizenship refers to a sense of contributing to a wider community and a

solidarity in general. It reflects on the interdependence and interconnection of local ,
national and global political, economic , social and cultural relations (UNESCO, 2015).
Global citizenship education (GCED) is, meanwhile, a mode of civic learning that
includes the active involvement of students in projects addressing global social ,
political , economic or environmental issues. GCED includes three main philosophical
concepts which are similar to different GCED meanings and interpretations. They will
serve as the basis for identifying GCED strategies, learning goals and competencies, as
well as targets for learning performance and evaluation.

Environmental issues lately become a popular concern amongst us. Looking at

our surroundings, we can't help but note that as we take in the air, pollution is happening.
Environmental issues are still a big issue for us when an toxic environment leads to an
unhealthy life. Only imagine what would be done to our lungs by carbon monoxide.
That's why learning how to become a global citizen is vital for people of all ages.
Education on global citizenship requires the active engagement of students in initiatives
that discuss global problems of a societal, political, fiscal, or environmental significance.
Students therefore get what it takes to become a global citizen, such as becoming an
active volunteer in your society, accepting responsibility for your actions, becoming
caring, feeling a sense of belonging, and much more.

I would point out in this assignment what Global Citizenship Education (GCED),
the three core conceptual dimension of GCED, is and how it helps society in solving the
environmental crisis. Firstly, I'm going to figure out one environmental problem that is
occurring right now, and how it really impacts us. We will learn more information about
Global Citizenship Education at the conclusion of this assignment and how to become
citizens, the serious environmental problem, as well as the triggers and solutions to keep
it from getting any worse.
2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE (CLIMATE CHANGE)

I prefer climate change because now it's a serious environmental problem, but
people seem not to think at all about it. People have taken that as a minor issue that they
think it's not going to affect them but really it does. For instance, NASA has confirmed
that weather is what changes we see and experience from day to day outside. For
example, today may just be a rainy day, and then the next day will be a bright day. It's all
changing. It's rainy season. For multiple seasons, it may be different (NASA, May 15,
2014). In the summer, a place might be warm and dry, but in the winter, the same place
might be cold and rainy. It is the weather. Earth's climate, meanwhile, is what you find
when you mix all of the world's ecosystems.

Climate change happens as changes in the climate structure of the Planet result in
different trends of nature that remain in place for a long period of time. This time spans
will vary from a few decades to millions of years. It is motivated by human behaviour.
For the people who observed Earth's atmosphere, Earth has confirmed that it is getting
colder and in the last 100 years the temperature has risen around one degree Fahrenheit
and they believe it to continue to rise in the future if no action is taken.

There are several variables that can affect either natural, or man-made climate
change. For example, when a volcanic eruption occurs, the earth's temperature can
change. On June 15 , 1991, as Mount Pinatubo exploded in the Philippines, an estimated
20 million tonnes of sulphur dioxide and more than 12 miles of ash particles shot into the
atmosphere (JoAnna Kendell, 2016, June 9). These eruptions caused extensive damage
and loss of human life. Gases and solids are pumped into the stratosphere and the solar
radiation touching the surface of the earth is decreased, temperatures are lowered and the
atmosphere is modified.

The greenhouse effect that impacts the atmosphere of the Planet is also present. It
may be either reflected back into space or absorbed by Earth as sunlight hits the surface
of Earth. When the sunlight is consumed, the earth emits more of the energy as heat or
infrared radiation back into the atmosphere. Gasses such as water (H20), carbon dioxide (
Co2), and methane ( CH4) consume steam, limit or avoid space heat loss, rendering the
World colder than it would otherwise have been. Many of these gases exist
spontaneously, but the concentration of some of them in the atmosphere is enhanced by
human activity. Carbon dioxide ( Co2) is the most widely created greenhouse gases from
human activity and is responsible for 64 percent of man-made global warming.

Such practises like deforestation contribute to global warming. During

photosynthesis, tropical forest trees, like all green plants, suck up carbon dioxide and
emit oxygen. Plants also undergo the opposite process, also known as respiration, which
they produce but normally in smaller quantities than they do during photosynthesis. In the
plant, the surplus carbon is processed, aiding it to expand. When people cut down the
trees and burn them, their accumulated carbon is released into the air which increases the
concentration of CO2 in the air.

Overpopulation also leads to global warming that affects the atmosphere of our
Planet. According to the new United Nations figures established by Worldometers, there
are 7.7 billion people as of October 2019. It is a root cause of climate change, but even
accepting overpopulation as an essential factor in diagnosing the crisis, policymakers and
international organisations remain reluctant. The Co2 level will begin to increase between
540 and 970 ppm by 2100, according to the Association for Canadian Educational
Services, and if that continues, we are likely to move similarly to the dinosaur planet
inhabited 100 million years ago. By chopping down the forests, overpopulation will also
force people to open up new land so that they will remain in a new location.

People should then also consider climate change as a serious matter, the effects
may not be noticed now, but if we did not take any steps to avoid it, it would certainly
effect us. People should make their commute green, for instance. It would therefore yield
less carbon emissions. Other than that, green energy can be used by individuals. Moving
away from fossil fuels is the only way to avoid climate change.
3.0 VIDEO NARRATION

3.1 Video narration on 3 conceptual dimensions

https://youtu.be/Bb6IfkMbYZU

The Global Education for Citizenship (GCED) comprises three main conceptual
dimensions: academic, socio-emotional and behavioral. The cognitive dimension helps
learners to develop awareness, comprehension and critical thinking about local problems
and international, national and global concerns at the same time, as well as the
interconnectedness and interdependence of various countries and populations. As well as
providing a sense of identity and duties, empathy, unity and appreciation for inequalities
and diversity, socio-emotional component helps learners to share ideals with the shared
society.

In terms of the behavioral component, learners are empowered to behave

consciously and efficiently towards a more prosperous and healthier environment, not
just at local, but also at national and global levels. The central aim of GCED is to
promote empathy for all, to establish a sense of belonging to a shared humanity, and to
help learners become responsible and engaged global citizens. GCED's key priorities are
to be constructive, develop the awareness, skills, beliefs and behaviors that learners need
to create a society that is more sustainable, just and healthy. GCED is relevant because
there are so many global concerns focused predominantly in the developed world and, at
the same time, many locally arising concerns. Because of rising pressure, it is also
important to extend the role of education to solve global problems.
3.2 Video narration on Climate Change Issue

https://youtu.be/ifrHogDujXw

The above video presented a straightforward explanation of climate change in

which the heat from human pollution is approximately equivalent to 400,000 Hiroshima
atomic bombs exploded every day. Historically, each time the amount of carbon dioxide
in the Earth's atmosphere increase, the global surface temperature rises, ice melts, and the
seas rise.

As of the beginning of 2017, after 1880, when reports started on a global scale,
the Planet had warmed by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, or more than 1 degree Celsius. The
figure embraces the ocean floor. In the Arctic and areas of Antarctica, the warming is
greater over land, and greater still. The number could be low sounding. In our daily lives,
we experience even greater temperature changes from weather patterns and the shifting
seasons. But the temperature variations are much smaller as you average around the
whole globe and across months or years. The change on the Earth's surface from one year
to the next is calculated in fractions of a degree. Although a 2-degree spike in Fahrenheit
since the 19th century is strong too.

Scientists predict for the next 25 to 30 years, the atmosphere is expected to mimic
today's, though steadily becoming colder, with some of the intense heat waves that can
destroy elderly people. In certain parts of the country, rainfall will be heavier, but the
intervals between the rains will most likely get hotter and drier. The number of hurricanes
and typhoons may eventually decrease, but those that do occur would draw energy from a
hotter ocean environment, and therefore will be more powerful. Coastal flooding can, as
is already increasing, become more regular and dangerous.
4.0 THE WAYS 3 CONCEPTUAL DIMENSIONS OF GCED BRINGS BENEFIT TO
THE SOCIETY TO RESOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE

Education is the key component of the global climate change solution. It makes
people consider and discuss the effects of global warming, raises young people's "climate
awareness," promotes improvements in attitudes and behaviour, and makes them respond
to developments relevant to climate change. Education and awareness-raising encourage
informed decision-making, play a critical role in strengthening community ability to
adapt and mitigation, and inspire women and men to pursue healthy lifestyles. UNESCO
encourages countries to incorporate climate change into their education frameworks as
part of their work on Sustainability for Sustainable Development, and promotes
discussion and exchanging of views on climate change sustainability through the
organisation of international expert meetings. It produces content for professional advice
and teaching and learning opportunities.

As we all know, the education of global citizenship has 3 concepts or main core. These
three main conceptual dimensions will lead to a number of things, one of which is to
solve environmental issues. There are also:

5.0 THE WAYS TO RESOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE

5.1 Article 1
5.2 Article 2
6.0 CONCLUSION
7.0 SELF-REFLECTION
8.0 REFERENCES