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Effects of climate change on people

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Suggest how climate change may have effects on people. Use Figure 2 and your own understanding.

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  1. 1 Uses Figure 2 or inferred source evidence about climate-change effects.
  2. 2 Explains how one or more effects affect people rather than only the environment.
  3. 3 Develops links beyond simply listing the map key.

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Climate change may lower crop yields in Central and South America, reducing food supplies and increasing the risk of hunger and malnutrition. Flood damage and coastal erosion can destroy homes and force people to migrate. Freshwater shortages may also damage health because poorer water quality can spread diseases such as cholera.

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Wildfires and species loss will happen.

Listing effects from the map is not enough unless each one is linked to how people are affected.

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