Who Will Act First on Climate Change, the U.S. or China?


Speaker	Mr. Wei-Tai Kwok
Summary	Wei-Tai Kwok presents updated information from Al Gore’s Climate Change Initiative, beginning with a bubble chart of 2011 global carbon emissions that illustrates the leading role that China and the United States play in both causes and solutions to global warming. The presentation includes a dramatic time-lapse photo showing global temperature changes from 1884 to the present and explains the connection between global warming and recent extreme weather events around the world. It concludes with suggestions for how teachers can use upcoming international meetings to engage students in discussions on the topic.
Keywords	environment, global warming
Publish Date	August 5, 2014
Source	Speech given at 1990 Institute Teachers Workshop on “Balancing Eonomic Development ant Environmental Sustainability”, August 4-5, 2014, at San Mateo County Office of Education, Redwood City, CA.
Speaker Bio	Wei-Tai Kwok Bio