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Reaching Global Zero: Temperate Rainforests

Temperate Rainforest Restoration
Geography
Carbon Sinks
Grade 12
NS
Reaching Global Zero: Temperate Rainforests

Description

Students will analyze how the strategy of net-zero fits within the global effort to reduce atmospheric CO₂ and climate change, and how temperate rainforest health can impact achieving net-zero outcomes. They engage with an interactive map to explore temperate rainforests of the world and think critically about how restoration may work in different settings.

Lesson Type: Online/Digital

Duration: Single Class, Multi-Day Lesson

Sector: Carbon Sinks

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