In order to ensure a transversal integration of climate change and adaptation into the secondary education system, it will be appropriate to consider the entire themes on the subject presented in Table 9 below for insertion into existing subjects which already have some basic components of climate change (carrier subjects) in order to obtain enriched course contents.
Topic
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Proposed titles
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Proposed Lessons/Contents
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1
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Introduction to climate and climate change
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Weather phenomenon ( rain, wind, sunshine, clouds, etc).
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Instruments for studying the weather
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Definition of climate change
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Seasons, and seasonal variations and climate change
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Factors that affect climate change
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Fact about climate change
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Ecological zones in Cameroon
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Climate variation (in Cameroon)
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2
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Causes and consequences of Climate change
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The green house gases (GHG)
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Effects of green house gases
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Misuse of the environment
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3
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Impacts and effects of Climate Change
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Deforestation and its consequences
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Global warming and climate change
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Effects of climate change on animals, plants and the environment
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4
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Mitigation methods for reducing the effects of Climate Change
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Aforestation
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Recycling
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Energy conservation
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Individual efforts
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Development and use of wind and solar energy
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4
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Risks and Adaptation to Climate Change
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Floods, landslides and earthquakes
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Climate change mitigation through: Better Waste disposal methods, Individual activities, Geo-engineering, Government legislation, Activities of Non-governmental Organizations NGOs and pressure groups
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Adaptation to climate change and methods of adaptation to climate change
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Adaptations to reduced crop yields in the tropical and subtropical
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Adaptations to water scarcity, especially in the subtropics
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Adaptations to increased heat and moisture and its effects on the prevalence and increase in infectious diseases and potentially lethal heat waves.
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Adaptations to increased intensity and frequency of storm events
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Adaptations to rising sea levels
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5
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Policies, politics and law on climate change issues
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Climate change treaties signed by Cameroon
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Government policies towards climate change
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Laws related to climate change and adaptation in Cameroon
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Policy options open to Cameroon for exploitation (Carbon taxes, selling of pollution rights, etc)
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