IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report Figure SPM1

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

This visual shows how climate change has already caused widespread impacts and related losses and damages on human systems and altered terrestrial, freshwater, and ocean ecosystems worldwide.

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Notes from our reviewers

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This is a good resource to display in your room and use as a source of topics for discussion or information for project research. It is best suited to interdisciplinary lessons between science and social studies. The visual can also be used in a psychology class to talk about mental health and climate anxiety. Teachers may want to consider breaking it out into A, B, and C parts.
This is a very robust infographic for classroom display and is part of a series of materials designed for policymakers but appropriate for science and social studies classrooms. The visual addresses multiple aspects of climate change impacts. It is an interdisciplinary visual of science and society. The source of the data is from the IPCC report so it is very accurate. Passed initial science review - expert science review pending.
This infographic is well suited for display, but may not provide digestible information at smaller sizes. It may be best used in a social studies curriculum taught interdependently with science lessons. The visual could be overwhelming and may also be confusing to teachers and students who don't have a strong background in the topics addressed. A teacher may find it useful to look at the relevant portions of the visual that relate to what they are teaching in the class.
The information should be printed as a poster so that students can use it as a source for discussion or research for a project. If teachers lack the resources to print this in poster size, it may have limited usefulness. The graphic refers to an IPCC report which will be above the level of many grade school students. If an instructor wishes to print this visual out as a poster that may be costly. An alternative would be projecting this visual to discuss as a class.