Climate Change

As part of a new government Climate Change Committee you will advise the ministers of Elandia how to cut carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. With 50 million people and weather very similar to the UK, a sum of $70 million has been allocated for initiatives over the next year. The government knows it needs to act but is worried about alienating voters.

If you divide greenhouse carbon emissions by the population of Elandia you get an approximate figure of 12.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. That means that each person in Elandia is responsible for generating that amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. About 6 tonnes is generated directly by the individual in running their house, their car or using public transport or flights.The other 6.5 tonnes is produced indirectly by the offices they work in, fertilizer production to grow the food they buy, smelting iron ore to make their cars and other goods and transporting food in lorries.

In this activity you will be given a series of options on a variety of ‘green’ issues. You should discuss the issues in your team and come to a conclusion. Each time you will be given between two and six options. The options will often have a monetary cost attached. You will receive feed back on how the proposals have gone down with the general public.

In all there are 10 rounds of decisions and on average you should plan to spend five minutes on each though some may well take you longer, some less. Your objective is to ensure the government meets its legal responsibilities while not becoming too unpopular in the Country.

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