Beating the Heat
What to wear : Scorching summers, wetter winters
Most scientists agree that the UK’s climate is warming and that this is expected to continue. They have predicted different scenarios (an expected sequence of events) for temperature and precipitation changes by 2080.
There are two main scenarios depending on the future emissions of greenhouse gases: Low Emissions Scenario; and High Emissions Scenario.
Everyone needs to have access to the best estimates in order to make decisions on how to live their lives over the coming decades.
- Download the chart to show how the climate will change in your area.
Once your chart is complete, use it to create a climate graph showing the predicted climate change for where you live. Choose either summer or winter figures and plot temperature changes as a line and precipitation changes as a bar graph.
Then, choose items of clothing to annotate different parts of the graph. Draw symbols to represent these and make a key. What items of clothing are we likely to need more in 2080? Are there any items that will no longer be needed?