Space, Environment and Virtual Frontiers

This fiche summarises the key reference points of the chapter for the written exam and the oral exam.

Sub-theme	Key notions to mobilise
Environment and climate	climate denial, withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the green economy
Indigenous resistance	Standing Rock, Dakota Access Pipeline, Keystone XL
Tourism and virtual frontiers	Great Barrier Reef, Sun Belt, video games, space conquest

Presenting an environmental issue: this site is threatened by..., efforts are being made to...
Nuancing an ecological debate: while some argue that..., others contend that...
Concluding with an opening: this raises the broader question of how to reconcile... with...

New frontiers: the environment, tourism, digital space and outer space extend the frontier imaginary.
Persistent tensions: between economic development and the protection of the environment or indigenous rights.