IB ESS SL 1.3.9 Environmental Justice Questions

Practise reading environmental-justice cartoons, comparing unequal pollution burdens and attention, and explaining why communities face risks and access to a pollution-free…

Syllabus
First assessment 2026
Course
ESS SL
Level
SL

Exam points

  • identify a visual message by comparing pollution scale, location and public attention between affected regions
  • compare how environmental burdens and social attention are distributed between communities or countries
  • explain environmental injustice as unequal access to a pollution-free environment or natural resources

IB ESS SL 1.3.9 Environmental Justice Questions question 1

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Cartoon comparing oil spills in West Africa with the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the US

Figure:Cartoon comparing oil spills in West Africa with the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the US

With reference to Figure: Cartoon comparing oil spills in West Africa with the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the US, suggest what message the cartoonist is trying to communicate.

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