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Curated Video

COP21: Mixed results to increase US recycling

Higher Ed
A man in the US state of Georgia, known as the "Bag Monster", is trying to raise the profile of an issue he says directly impacts global warming - the amount of non-recycled waste. Jim Ries, a Fayetteville resident, says the giant...
News Clip2:38
Curated Video

WRAP Presser of climate change summit, US envoy, German min reax

Higher Ed
1. Sigmar Gabriel and Yvo De Boer, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNF) 2. SOUNDBITE (German) Sigmar Gabriel, German environment minister: "It has to be the guiding principle to...
News Clip3:57
Curated Video

JAPAN: KYOTO: UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION: DEMONSTRATIONS

Higher Ed
Eng/Jap/Nat Protestors took to the streets of Japan on Thursday to demand faster action to cut carbon dioxide emissions. Cutting the output of the main so-called "greenhouse gas", which scientists blame for global warming continues to...
News Clip4:06
Curated Video

Non Aligned Summit, Eu-Us Summit, G8, Climate

Higher Ed
Acting Cuban President Raul Castro stood in for his brother at the September opening of the Non-Aligned Summit which brings together more than a hundred of the world's developing nations. After acknowledging his brother's illness, Raul...
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Curated Video

Climate change body calls on developed nations to assist others

Higher Ed
FILE: Lanzhou, Gansu Province - 27 April 2007 1. Various of power stations emitting steam and/or smoke Beijing - 29 October 2008 2. Wide of news conference 3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairman, National Development and...
News Clip2:21
Curated Video

Conference ends with no US deal on key global warming measures

Higher Ed
1. Wide exterior, venue of Climate Change Convention 2. Mid shot people arriving at convention 3. Mid shot head table at press conference 4. SOUNDBITE (English): Pieter van Geel, Dutch Environment Secretary: "We have the reports on...
News Clip1:45
Curated Video

Beijing welcomes G8 deal but wants more details

Higher Ed
1. Wide of press conference 2. Mid cutaway to press seated in audience 3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wan Gang, Minister for Science and Technology: "First of all, the agreement reached at the G8 summit is a positive consensus reached by those...
News Clip3:10
Curated Video

Talks on deal to halt climate change suspended once more

Higher Ed
1. Wide of plenary session of United Nations climate change conference 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rachmat Witoelar, Indonesian Environment Minister presiding over the meeting: "There have been two-three speakers before I suspended the...
News Clip2:38
Curated Video

UN climate talks agree on agenda for 2009 global warming pact

Higher Ed
April 4, 2008 1. Wide UN Conference Centre 2. Mid of banner announcing the Bangkok Climate Change Talks 3. Mid of flags 4. Wide shot interior of conference centre with delegates gathering and working on computers 5. Mid of delegates...
News Clip4:15
Curated Video

JAPAN: KYOTO: CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION: AL GORE SPEECH UPDATE

Higher Ed
English/Nat The United States and Europe are at loggerheads over just how extensive cuts should be in gas emissions tied to global warming. In a speech to the world climate summit in Kyoto, Japan, U-S Vice President Al Gore defended his...
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WRAP Gore meets UN Sec-Gen; accuses US of obstructing progress in climate change

Higher Ed
AP Television 1. Climate change activist, former US vice president and Nobel laureate Al Gore arrives with entourage 2. Gore meets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, pan to Gore and Ban shaking hands 3. Close up, hand shake, pull out to...
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Curated Video

Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore meets UN Secretary-General, speech

Higher Ed
1. Climate change activist, former US vice president and Nobel laureate Al Gore arrives with entourage 2. Gore meets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, pan to Gore and Ban shaking hands 3. Close up, hand shake, pull out to Gore meeting...
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Curated Video

Tension and no agreement in final hours of Bali Climate Conference

Higher Ed
AP Television 1. Wide of conference venue exterior 2. Various of delegates walking, gathering 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: "Well I'm still very...
Instructional Video3:02
Curated Video

Satellites count carbon emissions from space

Higher Ed
A growing fleet of satellites is monitoring man-made greenhouse gas emissions from space, spurred by the need to track down major sources of climate changing gases such as methane and carbon dioxide.
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Curated Video

Exxon trial probes how climate change is accounted

Higher Ed
New York's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of lying to investors about how profitable the company will remain as governments impose stricter regulations to combat global warming.
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Setbacks give Madrid climate meeting new urgency

Higher Ed
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Scholastic

Study Jams! The Carbon Cycle

5th - 9th Standards
Take a ride on the carbon cycle by watching this animated featurette. Those who do will learn about the element carbon, how it cycles through the atmosphere and biosphere, and how it contributes to Earth's temperature. This video comes...
Instructional Video7:59
Curated OER

Global Warming: How Humans are Affecting Our Planet

4th - 8th
Earth's temperatures are slowly rising as a result of increased greenhouse gases being trapped. Humans contribute to this effect by burning quite a bit of fossil fuels. The danger of sea levels rising is a real threat that we need to...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Permafrost

9th - 10th
Thawing permafrost can have devastating effects for a region. It can lead to the ground becoming unstable, landslides, and sinking. This video shows some effects of thawing permafrost in Fairbanks, Alaska, and provides a glimpse of what...
Instructional Video
Other

Media Storm: Airsick: Industrial Devolution

9th - 10th
Toronto Star photographer Lucas Oleniuk took twenty thousand still pictures in a span of twenty days and created this powerful video about global warming. It is certain to stimulate thoughtful discussion in a classroom.
Instructional Video
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Climate Connections: Global Warming: It's All About Carbon Episode 1

9th - 10th
Robert Krulwich, host of NPR's climate connections videos, is a master of explaining carbon and its role in nature, especially in global warming. His discussions in the five videos, that range from three to four minutes, are interesting,...
Instructional Video
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Climate Connections: Global Warming: It's All About Carbon

3rd - 8th
NPR Science reporter, Robert Krulwich, produced a five-part series to explain the role of carbon in global warming. It's in a cartoon format, but is very informative and easy to understand.