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The global current event is linked to France, which is one of the countries that West Chester University sends students to study abroad. Lawrence Dowdy donated to the endowment of the multicultural center in part with the intention of supporting students who are going to study abroad or do an internship for multicultural experiences. This article, which discusses the artistic takeover of the artistic duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude on the monumental Arc de Triomphe, also relates to the unit goals by allowing students the opportunity to make personal connections between changes in this historical structure from abroad.

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The "L' 'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" installation will be one of Christo's last projects (Credit: Benjamin Loyseau/ Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation)

One of the world's most iconic landmarks just got transformed into a work of art. From September 18 to October 3, 2021, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, will be embellished with 25,000 square meters of shimmering silvery-blue plastic fabric, held in place by 9,842 feet (3,000 meters) of red rope. The installation, dubbed "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped," is the brainchild of the late artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

The artists first came up with the idea in 1961. However, the project was set aside because they didn't think it would be approved. Over the years, the couple became famous for their massive outdoor artworks, which often included wrapping monuments and nature.

Jeanne-Claude passed away in 2009. But Christo never forgot his dream of encasing the Arc de Triomphe. The artist finally presented his designs to French officials in 2018 and was instantly given the okay. The installation was initially slated for April 2020. But it was delayed - at first to accommodate nesting kestrel falcons - and then due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, Christo died in May 2020. But his nephew and the project's director, Vladimir Yavachev, was determined to realize his uncle's dream.

It took over 1000 workers 12 weeks to complete the Arc de Triomphe wrapped installation (Credit: Benjamin Loyseau/ Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation)

Draping the gigantic, 64-foot-high (50 meter) and 148-foot-wide (45 meter) limestone arch was no easy task. Anne Burghartz, an engineer on the project told CNN that they had to first determine how to make the artist's dream a reality without compromising his design. Then there was the challenge of securing the fabric, such that it would sway in the breeze but not be dragged by it.

But most importantly, the artwork had to be completed without damaging the iconic landmark. The team got around the hurdle by hanging the fabric on specially-built wood scaffolding and brackets. The endeavor took the 1000 workers and climbers about 12 weeks and cost 14 million euros ($16.5 million). Like all of Christo's and Jeanne-Claude's projects, the steep cost was covered by the sale of the couple's original drawings and artworks.

The Abu Dhabi Mastaba will be a larger version of the one installed in London (above) in 2018 (Credit: royalparks.org.uk)

While "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" is one of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's last projects, it may not be their final one. That honor may belong to a giant version of The London Mastaba - a temporary sculpture that was placed in the UK's Serpentine Lake from June 19 to September 9, 2018. The new rendition of the Mastaba, which was designed by Christo in 1977, will be installed in the Abu Dhabi desert. Made using 410,000 multi-colored oil barrels, it will be the world's largest sculpture.

"It might take another five years; it might take another 10 years. I don't know," Yavachev said. "But I'm confident that we'll get it done."

Resources: NPR.com, CNN.com, christojeanneclaude.net

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France's Arc de Triomphe Gets A Temporary Artistic Makeover

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One of the world's most iconic landmarks just got transformed into a work of art. From September 18 to October 3, 2021, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, will be embellished with 25,000 square meters of shimmering silvery-blue plastic fabric, held in place by 9,842 feet (3,000 meters) of red rope.

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A long time ago (150 years to be exact), a group of Chester County's civic leaders decided to open a school. On September 25, 1871, 100 boarding school students and 30 day students arrived for the first day of classes at West Chester Normal School.

If you're wondering about that name, the founders weren't implying that the new institution was average or ordinary. "Normal" simply meant a school that trained teachers. WCU is in good company: UCLA and Arizona State University are just two of the many institutions that also started as "normals."

The school became West Chester State Teachers College when Pennsylvania initiated a four-year program of teacher education in 1927. The establishment of graduate studies accompanied the next name change in 1960: West Chester State College. The final name change - to West Chester University - occurred in 1983, when WCU became one of the 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

Going into our 150th year, WCU is now home to more than 17,700 students enrolled in 118 undergraduate programs, 91 master's degree programs, and four doctoral programs - a far cry from the original 130 teacher candidates!

Bookmark this 150th anniversary website and visit often to see additions to our timeline, new photos and videos, and stories about the foundations of the institution in the most recent issues of The West Chester University Magazine.
See how WCU President Christopher Fiorentino kicked off the anniversary year with fanfare on September 17.
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This Commemorative Keepsake Box offers a collection of items unavailable anywhere else including a 150th Anniversary challenge coin, a 150th Anniversary lapel pin, a purple ceramic campfire mug, a softbound journal, and more! Purchased boxes will be mailed directly to you.

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A long time ago (150 years to be exact), a group of Chester County's civic leaders decided to open a school. On September 25, 1871, 100 boarding school students and 30 day students arrived for the first day of classes at West Chester Normal School.

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At the beginning of the new year, Desmond Mpilo Tutu, an activist who fought against racial discrimination in South Africa during apartheid, was laid to rest in Cape Town. When apartheid was implemented, there were laws created that divided each race of people into certain areas, facilities, jobs, and even marriages in South Africa. Desmond Tutu, who had tasted freedom when he lived in England, realized how terribly black people were being treated in South Africa. He spoke out against these laws and even peacefully protested these discriminatory laws. His efforts helped to end apartheid in 1993. Tutu’s efforts show the consistent fight against racial discrimination throughout the history of our world, and his life legacy can inspire even those today to continuously protect the rights of all humans.

Moulin, E. (2022, January 7). South Africa Mourns The Loss Of Anti-Apartheid Icon, Desmond Tutu. DogoNews. https://www.dogonews.com/2022/1/7/south-africa-mourns-the-loss-of-anti-apartheid-icon-desmond-tutu

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Desmond Tutu was instrumental in ending racial injustice in South Africa (Credit: Elke Wetzig (Elya), CC BY-SA 3.0/ Wikimedia Commons)

Desmond Mpilo Tutu, a leading activist in South Africa's fight against apartheid, passed away on December 26, 2021. The 90-year-old retired archbishop, who also spearheaded the country's smooth transition from apartheid to democracy, had been battling prostate cancer since 1997. Mr. Tutu was laid to rest at a state funeral at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town, on January 1, 2022.

Born in Klerksdorp, South Africa, in 1931, Mr. Tutu grew up in a world where racial discrimination was not uncommon. However, the situation escalated after the white-ruled Nationalist Party legalized apartheid laws in 1948. The harsh, institutionalized system of segregation assigned all South Africans to an official racial group. Each race was restricted to specific living areas and public facilities. Interracial marriages were banned, black South Africans could only work in particular jobs, and only white South Africans could vote in national elections.

The Apartheid. laws enforced racial discrimination against non-white South Africans((Credit: Dewet/ Public Domain/wikimedia.org)

Mr. Tutu, who was 17 when the laws went into effect, first experienced life without racial discrimination in 1962, when he went to King's College in England to pursue a master's degree in theology. His efforts to end apartheid began in earnest after he was appointed the first black leader of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) in 1978. The clergyman used his position to speak out against the unfair laws and urged locals to organize peaceful protests to fight the issue. He also publicly endorsed the international economic boycott of South Africa over apartheid. Mr. Tutu's efforts, along with those of other activists like Nelson Mandela, led to the negotiations that helped end apartheid in 1993.

In 1994, Mr. Mandela became South Africa's first black president and the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. In 1995, Mr. Mandela appointed Mr. Tutu to lead the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate allegations of human rights abuses during the apartheid era. Though Mr. Tutu retired from public life in 2010, he continued to advocate for social issues, such as a cure for tuberculosis, HIV/AID prevention, climate change, and other causes.

Mr. Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1954Credit: Ahouska/, CC0,/ Wikimedia Commons.)

The clergyman's efforts to end apartheid earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. He also received the Pacem in Terris Award, the Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award, the Lincoln Leadership Prize, and the Gandhi Peace Prize.

R.I.P Desmond Tutu

(1931-2021)

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This article is about how German divers accidentally discovered a rare Enigma machine in the Baltic Sea that was used during WWII to securely send messages. This relates to my lesson plan because it shows how we can use old artifacts to explore and discover so we can compare to the machines that we use today.

Rare Nazi WWII Enigma Discovered in the Baltic Sea. DOGOnews. (2021, January 8). Retrieved January 13, 2021 from https://www.dogonews.com/2021/1/8/rare-nazi-wwii-enigma-machine-discovered-in-the-baltic-sea

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A rare Enigma machine used by Nazi Germany during World War II was found on the Baltic seafloor (Credit: WWF)

In late November 2020, German divers, commissioned by the World Wildlife Foundation to extract abandoned fishing nets from the Baltic seafloor, stumbled upon what appeared to be a pristinely-preserved ancient typewriter. However, a closer look at the rusted, algae-covered contraption revealed that the artifact was far from a typewriter. It was a rare Enigma machine, used by German armed forces to send messages securely during the Second World War.

"I've made many exciting and strange discoveries in the past 20 years. But I never dreamed that we would one day find one of the legendary Enigma machines," team leader and underwater archeologist Florian Huber told Reuters.

The encryption device was the brainchild of Dutch resident Hugo Koch, who invented it in 1919 for business purposes. However, at the start of WWII, the German armed forces modified the machine to send and receive coded military messages. Users did not need any special training to use the ingenious contraption. Their communication, written in plain text, was instantly substituted with new letters by the device's rotors. The recipient could easily decode the message using an Enigma device and the precise starting positions of the sender's rotors.

The German army believed their coding system, which was changed daily, was foolproof - and for a while, that appeared to be the case. Fortunately, in 1940, a team led by British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing gained access to a few Nazi codebooks. This, along with weaknesses discovered in the Enigma code implementation, helped the researchers build the "Bombe machine," which could crack even the most challenging codes. Historians believe the breakthrough, which allowed the Allied Forces to secure control over the Atlantic Ocean, shortened the war by several years and saved hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of lives.

Christian Howe, Florian Huber, and Uli Kunz (L-R) pose with their rare underwater discovery (Credit: WWF)

The artifact recovered by the German divers features three rotors, leading Dr. Jann Witt, a historian from the German Naval Association, to suspect it was thrown overboard from a German warship and not an Unterseeboot ("undersea boat") submarine. The expert told the DPA News Agency that the so-called U-boats, which sank almost 3,000 Allied ships, used the more sophisticated four-rotor Enigma device.

Regardless, WWII Enigma machines are a rare find and highly coveted among private collectors. However, Huber and his team have no intention of profiting from their discovery. The artifact has been donated to an archaeology museum in Germany's Schleswig-Holstein region and will be placed on public display once restored to its full glory - a process that could take about a year.

Resources: Smithsonianmag.com, Guardian.com, www.wwf.de

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Rare Nazi WWII Enigma Machine Discovered In The Baltic Sea

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In late November 2020, German divers, commissioned by the World Wildlife Foundation to extract abandoned fishing nets from the Baltic seafloor, stumbled upon what appeared to be a pristinely-preserved ancient typewriter. However, a closer look at the rusted, algae-covered contraption revealed that the artifact was far from a typewriter.

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The article is discussing how Afghanistan is facing an economic collapse due to the new Taliban government. This relates to my lesson because little changes in the country (such as a new government) can really alter the economy.

Smith, S. (2022, January 11). U.S. announces fresh $308 million in humanitarian aid for struggling Afghans. CNBC. Retrieved January 13, 2022, from https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/11/us-announces-fresh-308-million-in-humanitarian-aid-for-struggling-afghans.html

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The United States announced Tuesday that it was giving more than $308 million in humanitarian aid to the Afghan people in an effort to support Afghans facing economic collapse under the new Taliban government.

The White House said the administration will also send one million additional Covid-19 vaccine doses to the country, which is grappling not just with the global pandemic but with widespread hunger in the wake of the militant group's takeover and the U.S. exit.

The United Nations and aid groups have repeatedly warned of a pending humanitarian catastrophe in the country of 38 million people.

Washington and its Western allies are attempting to help the Afghan people while bypassing their Taliban rulers. Countries that have refused to recognize the Taliban government have suspended foreign aid on which the state relied and frozen billions of dollars of Afghan assets abroad, mostly in the United States.

The new assistance will flow through independent humanitarian organizations and will help provide aid such as essential health care, emergency food aid, water and sanitation in response to the growing humanitarian needs of the population, National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne said in a statement about the aid contribution.

The new commitment is on top of some $474 million the U.S. has already contributed to Afghanistan and Afghan refugees in the region since October 2021 and the additional Covid vaccine doses brings the total contributed to Afghans to 4.3 million, Horne said.

"The United States is committed to supporting the Afghan people and we continue to consider all options available to us. We stand with the people of Afghanistan." she added.

The U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan in August, concluding America's longest war following a lightning-quick offensive by the Taliban. The country was already desperately poor, but when the Taliban took over on Aug. 15 the bottom dropped out of the economy.

A combination of a severe drought and sanctions on the Taliban that cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in international funding has caused the economy to buckle. The government has largely been unable to pay salaries, jobs across the economy have disappeared and food prices are surging.

This has pushed poor Afghans over the edge, and forced some to sell their possessions and even their daughters to put food on the table. Last month, the United Nations' World Food Programme warned that a total of 22.8 million, more than half of the population, faced acute hunger while temperatures plummeted below zero.

At the same time a severe drought has hit more than 80 percent of the country, impairing food production, according to The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent. Nearly 700,000 people were forced to leave their land due to drought, economic crisis and conflict last year.

About 70 percent of Afghanistan's population live in rural areas, and 85 percent drive income from agriculture meaning climate shocks such as drought have an outsized effect on Afghans and the national economy, according to Shelley Thakral, the World Food Programme's head of communications in the country.

United Nations agencies on Tuesday asked donors for $4.4 billion in aid for the country in 2022, calling the funds an "essential stop gap" to ensure its future.

The U.N. said the appeal, which amounts to nearly a quarter of the country's GDP, is the largest ever sought for a single country.

"This is a stop gap, an absolutely essential stop gap measure that we are putting in front of the international community today," U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths told reporters in Geneva.

"Without this being funded there won't be a future, we need this to be done otherwise there will be outflow, there will be suffering."

"President [Joe] Biden has been clear that humanitarian assistance will continue to flow directly to the Afghan people and the United States remains the single largest provider of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan," it said in a statement announcing the new aid Tuesday.

The new contribution will provide life-saving aid for the most vulnerable, including women, girls, minority populations, and people with disabilities. As well as health care, emergency food aid, water and sanitation, the aid will also include "winterization" programs such as shelter kits, heaters, blankets and warm clothing, USAID said.

"The United States continues to urge the Taliban to allow unhindered humanitarian access, safe conditions for humanitarians, independent provision of assistance to all vulnerable people, and freedom of movement for aid workers of all genders," it said.

The United States led an invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, toppling the Taliban regime after it sheltered Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. It withdrew nearly 20 years later, leaving the country back in the hands of the Taliban.

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The United States announced Tuesday that it was giving more than $308 million in humanitarian aid to the Afghan people in an effort to support Afghans facing economic collapse under the new Taliban government.

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This article represents how Easter traditions are different based on what country you live in. In Norway, Easter is celebrated by watching crime shows whereas in Greece, they throw kitchen pots out of their windows and into the streets. This article conveys how not one tradition is alike and that every culture is unique.

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Easter egg hunts are popular in many countries worldwide (Credit: Iabalk/Pixabay/CCO)

Easter, which falls on April 21, 2019 this year, is the oldest and most important of all Christian festivals. Many adults commemorate the holiday, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, with prayers and by fasting for 40 days prior to the event. However, for most American kids Easter is all about feasting on delicious food, enjoying springtime parades, and, best of all, participating in neighborhood egg hunts. But while these traditions are a norm in the US and other countries, such as the United Kingdom and Canada, not every country observes the occasion by looking for candy-filled eggs. Here are a handful of fun rituals that you may be tempted to incorporate into your own Easter celebrations this year.

Swedish children dress up as witches and go door to door asking for treats (Credit: Lars Lundqvist/Flickr/CC-By- SA2.0)

In the Nordic country of Sweden, Easter is celebrated with a tradition that is reminiscent of Halloween. On the Thursday before the holiday, children dressed up as witch-like creatures, called påskkärringars, go door to door seeking treats in exchange for handmade Easter cards. The fun ritual is attributed to the Blåkulla island, off the east coast of Sweden in the Baltic Sea. According to Swedish folklore, witches travel to the evil and magical island on the Thursday prior to Easter or Holy Saturday to plan tricks. Though it is unclear how the myth led to this fun holiday tradition, Swedish kids are not complaining.

Norway

Norwegian milk company Tine, prints crime stories on its cartons during Easter (Credit: Tine)

Norwegians celebrate the Easter holiday week, which begins on the Friday before Palm Sunday and ends the Tuesday following Easter Monday, reading books or watching shows that focus on crime. To keep up with the residents' appetite for Easter crime or Paaskekrim, publishers churn out several thrillers, while television stations populate their daily schedules with crime dramas. Even milk companies get into the spirit with graphic crime stories on the cartons. The unusual ritual is believed to have been started in the Easter of 1923 by an advertisement for a new crime book by Norwegian authors Nordahl Grieg and Nils Lie. Called "Bergen train looted in the night," it was featured on the front page of the local newspaper, giving readers the impression that it was a regular news article. The gimmick resulted in such robust book sales that publishers began to release several crime thrillers around the holiday. Soon after, television producers joined in and a fun tradition was born.

Haux, France

Haux, France celebrates Easter Monday with a giant, 15,000 egg omelet (Credit: Pixabay/CCO)

In the southern French town of Haux, residents and visitors gather in the town's main square every Easter Monday to share a massive omelet. Cooked by members of the Giant Omelette Brotherhood of Bessières, it comprises over 15,000 fresh eggs and is big enough to feed as many as 10,000 people. According to the legend, while traveling through the region, Napoléon Bonaparte and some members of his troops stopped in the small town to eat omelets. The French Emperor enjoyed the dish so much, he returned the following day and asked the townspeople to gather all their eggs, and create an omelet big enough to feed his entire army. In 1973, some enterprising locals decided to recreate the myth and a fun tradition was born!

Corfu, Greece

Every year, on Holy Saturday, residents of the Greek island of Corfutoss earthenware pots from their windows onto the streets. This fun tradition is believed to have been adopted from the people of Venice, who throw out their possessions, particularly crockery, every New Year's Day, to indicate they are ready for a new start.

Poland And Ukraine

Śmigus-Dyngus, or Wet Monday, is celebrated with a friendly water fight in Poland and Ukraine (Credit: Augustas Didžgalvis/creative commons,org/CC BY-SA 4.0)

Every year on Easter Monday, residents of Poland and Ukraine take to the streets for a friendly water fight. Called Śmigus-Dyngus, or Wet Monday, the tradition can be traced back to the baptism of Polish prince Mieszko I, in 966 AD. The fun water battle is followed by parades and parties, with celebrations often lasting into the early hours of the following day. Not surprisingly, the "refreshing" tradition has been adopted by many countries and cities worldwide, including Buffalo, New York, which boasts a big Polish-American community.

Resources: womansday.com, Time.com, hollywoodlife.com, bermuda-online.com,traveldudes.org

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Beyond the Bunny: Easter Traditions From Around The Globe

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Easter, which falls on April 21, 2019 this year, is the oldest and most important of all Christian festivals. Many adults commemorate the holiday, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, with prayers and by fasting for 40 days prior to the event.

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This article talks about a new school being developed. Just like how West Chester University used to be a new school. Not just West Chester and Africa are developing schools, but places all over the world. Then having a new school can affect the surrounding community just as West Chester University and other schools have done and continue to do

Building green. Time for Kids. (2021, August 29). Retrieved January 13, 2022, from https://www.timeforkids.com/g34/building-green-2/?rl=en-710

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Have you ever noticed a problem that you couldn’t figure out how to fix? Dr. Aboubacar Kampo has. He was living in Côte d’Ivoire, a country in Africa, where plastic is a major environmental issue. Côte d’Ivoire’s biggest city, Abidjan,…

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I feel that it relates to the unit plan because climate change is not just affecting Scotland.. It’s affecting all other countries as well.  It could also affect product distribution, affect communities overtime, it affects the government, how climate change has changed our planet, and we as humans can take part in preventing climate change.

Levy, K. (2022, January 10). Un climate summit ends with a new pledge to combat climate change. DOGOnews. Retrieved January 11, 2022, from https://www.dogonews.com/2021/11/17/un-climate-summit-ends-with-a-new-pledge-to-combat-climate-change

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The Glasgow Climate Pact was signed by nearly 200 countries (Credit: UN.org)

On November 13, 2021, diplomats from nearly 200 countries vowed to step up their efforts to slow global warming. The Glasgow Climate Pact, signed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, was not as far-reaching as many had hoped. However, there was a clear consensus about the urgency to take action to prevent a catastrophic rise in global temperatures.

The agreement's highlights include a pledge to reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent in the next ten years. More than 100 world leaders- from countries representing over 90 percent of the world's forests - also agreed to cease and reverse deforestation by 2030.

Many countries, including the US and China, pledged to get to net-zero emissions in the next few decades (Credit: Climateactiontracker.org)

For the first time at a COP conference, 40 countries made an explicit promise to cut down the use of coal. However, environmentalists were disappointed by India and China's demand that the agreement call for "phasing down," rather than "phasing out," its use. The fossil fuel is responsible for 40 percent of the world's annual carbon dioxide emissions.

The US and the European Union promised to reach net-zero emissions - which means achieving a balance so no greenhouse gases are added to the atmosphere - by 2050. China and India vowed to do the same by 2060 and 2070, respectively. The Glasgow Climate Pact also requires countries to announce more substantial pledges and outline concrete plans on how to the goals at the climate change conference in Egypt in 2022.

The Climate Action Tracker's global warming estimates for the next few decades (Credit: climatechangetracker.org)

Experts at the Climate Action Tracker estimate that if all countries keep their pledges under the new agreement, we could possibly limit global warming to 1.8 degrees Celsius by 2100. Though higher than the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit scientists are advocating, it is better than the 2.7 degrees Celsius of warming the planet is currently heading towards.

"Countries still don't seem to understand that we're in an emergency situation and we need to cut emissions much faster this decade, or else any hope of staying at 1.5 degrees will be lost," said Niklas Höhne, a German climatologist and founding partner of NewClimate Institute, which created the Climate Action Tracker.

Resources: Washingtonpost.com, NPR.com, news.un.org,

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UN Climate Summit Ends With A New Pledge To Combat Climate Change

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This article from Prague Morning is about a new exhibit at Prague’s Center Architecture and Metropolitan planning called ‘Prague Tomorrow: Priorities in Prague’. This exhibit will feature 25 construction projects proposed to take place around the city that are aimed to transform Prague. Prague’s mayor and other elected public representatives will vote on which projects they will budget and raise funds for. This relates to my lesson because it is a great example of mayoral duties and how they can work with their council to improve their cities and towns.

Bradley, S. (2020, September 24). Prague tomorrow exhibition invites you to explore the city’s future. Prague Morning. Retrieved from

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