Paper 3 - practice questions

Using examples, analyse the role of global interactions in the growth of environmental awareness (12)

Topic 4.3 (communication infrastructure + transportation)

Topic 6 (greenpeace - environmental civil society organisation)

• In intro discuss different levels of environmental challenges - climate change, transboundary pollution, pollution manufacturing industries,..

• Rainbow warrior ship - used during protests about oil fracking against Russia e.g.

• Social media - Youtube, tiktok, instagram, protests broadcasted —> interconnectedness between nations used as a form to transmit environmental awareness

  • Social media platforms facilitate the rapid dissemination (spread) of information and engagement in environmental issues, exemplified by campaigns that leverage viral content to influence public opinion and corporate practices. campaigns like

  • ‘Barbie, its over’ (‘I don’t date girls that are into deforestation) using a poster on Toy company mattel headquarters and then with social media used to show the world - in attempt to boycott and cause change.

Bill gates documentary raise awareness of environmental issues through film as a form of media/ david attenborough

‘New technologies will be the key to managing evolving global risks’ Discuss the statement (16)

• Global risks: environmental, technological, economic, and geopolitical

• New technologies:

  • Environmental risk: carbon capture + geoengineering technology helps

  • Geopolitical risk: drones are new way to fight war now - minimise soldier deaths + improve surveillance to identify risks

  • Technological risk: e-passports mitigate cyber security threats + data flows help minimise risk + firewalls to block access to content that is viewed as dangerous

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