Travel and Climate Change

Travel and Climate Change

6th Grade 2021

Case Study: USA​

​In the USA, transportation is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

Most cars, planes, boats, lorries, trains etc burn fossil fuels in order to move.

Twenty-nine percent of all emissions come from transportation, and the second biggest contributor is electricity production at twenty-five percent.

​Source: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions

Multiple Choice

Which sector is THE SECOND BIGGEST contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the USA?

• Transportation

• Agriculture

• Electricity Production

• Industry

Multiple Choice

Which sector is THE THIRD BIGGEST contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the USA?

• Commercial & Residential

• Industry

• Agriculture

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​Commercial Travel

Most transportation emissions come from commercial travel - delivering things around the world in planes, lorries, trains and ships.

​Personal vehicles like cars and motorbikes are not the biggest problem.

Multiple Choice

Which has the biggest 'carbon footprint'?

• Commercial Travel

• Personal Travel

Electric Vehicles (EVs)

​In the USA, greenhouse gas emissions from transportation are increasing, while emissions from electricity production are decreasing.

​But, there might be a big change soon...

​More EVs = More Electricity Production

Thanks to EVs, maybe in the future travel will not emit so much greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.

​We will need to produce electricity using renewable methods though. Remember, electricity production is still the second biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

Open Ended

How many renewable methods of producing electricity can you think of? Let's see how many we can list in 3 minutes!