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Environment & Empire
Teaching Resources for GCSE and A-Level Geography

Climate Change

It was during the era of colonial expansion that climate change was first studied systematically. We explore the role that colonial geographers played in understanding extreme weather events, as well as the effects of colonialism on climate change itself.

Case Study

Climate Change
India
India, like many of its neighbouring countries in South Asia, is especially vulnerable to climate change. It was during the period of British colonial rule that geographers first began to study climate change in India. What difference did colonialism make?