The Geography department at Guildford County School. Geography is everywhere (and better than History!)
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Joined August 2011
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Climate change will affect everything & everyone we love! There is still time to act & meet the #ParisAgreement goal to limit warming & improve our lives.
Here’s us, our family & friends, showing how global temperature has changed since the pre-industrial era (1850 – 1900) #COP26
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Hugely inspiring stuff from Surrey's students in part 1 & 2 of our mock #COP26 event.🤯
About to move on to how community #ClimateAction can drive more ambitious government policy
#ClimateActionInYourArea
GCS Geography Dept retweeted
Marshall Islands next, today's most vulnerable nation to see level rise. Represented by @GuildfordCounty
90% of the popn live on coast, at threat from sea levels, plus ocean acidification destroying their food security
Rely on imported energy but building domestic renewables
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.@GuildfordCounty rightly highlight consumption by wealthier driving climate breakdown. How do we place value on things that matter, not growth or material things.
Highlight US' refusal to support Marshall island's targets, despite their miniscule carbon footprint
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And last but not least, the US! Represented by @GuildfordCounty
Point to increase in natural disasters, more frequent & intense wildfires, hurricanes- and even avalanches in Montana
Point to recent commitments & policy changes. Say will decarbonise energy sector by 2035
GCS Geography Dept retweeted
A phenomenally busy #geogglebox this week. Lots of old and new programmes to watch and catch up with 📺🤓JC
GCS Geography Dept retweeted
Fancy expanding your geographical knowledge and understanding? #geogglebox is back for the new session! Programmes on the main TV channels (mostly!) for the coming week on a variety of geographical topics 📺🤓🌏 JC
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1/ All around the world, millions of people are on the move - because of climate change 🌊🌡☀🌧
Follow this thread to find out how the warming planet is forcing people to flee their homes to escape weather disasters 👇
#DailyClimateShow
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Recent distribution of refugees across the globe. I think it's important to gain a quick overview of the issue to understand the order of magnitude we are dealing with here. Source: buff.ly/3gR45VM
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Interesting set of calculations to come up with a cost of going zero carbon (very little more than what Rishi allocated for COVID employment support). Even allowing for the planning fallacy and some flawed assumptions, still looks doable. @GCS_Geography
How much space will a 100% renewables UK require? Estimate @ChrisGoodall2:
* 41,000 sq km - 5.3% of EEZ - for 250GW of offshore wind
* 30,000 sq km - 12.5% of land - for 120GW of onshore wind
* 5,000 sq km - 2.1% of land - for 250GW of solar
carboncommentary.com/blog/20…
GCS Geography Dept retweeted
Less than 1 hour until #EarthHour reaches the UK!
Switch off your lights at 8:30pm to show the world that you care about our planet. And share your photos of how you're spending #EarthHourUK to help inspire others.
GCS Geography Dept retweeted
Over Christmas we watched in horror as more than 30,000 square miles of Australian bush burned and 480 million + animals perished. It is still ablaze. Experts say bush fires have always been, but climate change is key to understanding their recent ferocity. Join our debate.
Calling our wider @gcs_community. Be part of our SUSTAIN 2020 movement! Listen to our inspirational guest speaker, join in the live debates and help make a difference. @GuildfordCounty Wed 22nd January @ 18:30 for 19:00. @GCS_SixthForm @GCS_biology @GCS_Geography @JWhiteGCS
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A new clip from #japan shows the wind rain and debris from #TyphoonHagibis the #typhoon has not made land yet but the storm is building #geography #storm #geographyteacher #PrayForJapan teapawt.net/rezvy_karim/status/118…
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Sea "boiling" with methane discovered in Siberia: "No one has ever recorded anything like this before" newsweek.com/methane-boiling…
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All groups back in Porlock. We will be leaving here in the morning (see photo!) so will be in Guildford earlier than advertised. We will update in the morning but will probably be at school around 2pm. Please check for updated ETA in the morning. #GCSSilverExmoor2019 – at Porlock, England
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Incredible short film from @FT and @royalcourt. This deserves to be seen by millions. Please share!
youtu.be/j43XK0wzMd4
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction
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An interesting case study for Alevel Geography
Ghana is rolling out a nationwide #cleanenergy programme for households & businesses. The blueprint is based on the #NDCs action plan designed w/ our Low Emission Capacity Building Programme & financing from 🇩🇪 #Germany's @bmz_bund & 🇪🇺 @EUClimateAction.
#ClimateAction
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Excellent article on earthquake preparation in Tokyo.
'This is not a "what if" story': Tokyo braces for the earthquake of a century:
theguardian.com/cities/2019/…
#GeographyTeacher #Earthquake #Preparedness #Tokyo #Japan
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#Coast defences to last 100 years to protect #Dawlish sea wall and protect the #train link from #Deven to #Cornwall Cost : £30m great conversation points 1 is it worth it 2 will it really last 100 years with rising sea levels #geography #geographyteacher bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-…