Climate change #1
If society ignores the warnings by scientists, what is projected warming by 2100?
1-3 C
The UNFCCC defines dangerous warming as warming that exceeds:
1.5 C pre-industrial times
When was the great acceleration
1950
Cap and Trade Scheme
A scheme in which a government authority sets a limit or 'cap' on the amount of pollutants that can be legally emitted by a power plants
Adaptation
Accommodating to the problem
When discussing climate change, the word mitigation refers to:
Activities that reduce the production of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
What period are we in now?
Anthropocene (humans have a dominant Influence on climate)
International emissions trading is structured as:
Cap and Trade scheme
What's climate justice?
Finding solutions to the climate crisis to not only reduce emissions but to also create a fairer equal world in the process
Primary gas
Nitrogen, argon, methane, water vapor
Mitigation
Stopping the problem before it starts
indirect health effects
Temperature change
What 2 products do we derive from combustion?
Useful energy and exhaust
Which is not true?
Very low carbon vehicles technologies are ready for the mass market .
Ecofeminism
a philosophical and political movement that combines ecological concerns with feminist ones, regarding both as resulting from male domination of society.
Climate justice refers to:
a set of global responsibilities toward those who are least responsible for causing climate change but most negatively affected by it.
Geospehere
all of the rock at and below Earth's surface
Theory of Change
an explanation of how and why a set of activities will bring about the changes the project's designers seek to achieve
Intragenerational
changes in social status happen within a person's lifetime (current generation)
Kyoto Protocol
controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries
Deontological
ethical theory based on duty and obligation (murder is bad)
Teleological
the ends justify the means (consequences)
Albedo
the percentage of incoming sunlight reflected from a surface
Ecotheology
the study of the influence of religious belief on habitat modification
Solutions to Address Climate Change
using energy more efficiently and by replacing fossil fuels with renewable solar and wind power. nuclear reduce deforestation
Why is the current era called Anthropocene?
Humans have become a geological force impacting every aspect of the planets environment as well as its natural resources.
What are the major green gasses generated from human activities that are warming the planet?
Carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor
Pollutants
Carbon monoxide, CO2, more time in the atmosphere and less warming effect
What are the major super pollutants generated from human activity that is warming the planet
Carbon monoxide,nitrous oxide, CFC,HFC's
problems of power
Do not have power to change what is happening (farmers)
Between 1970 and 2018 the rate of climate migration has:
Doubled
Intergenerational
Effects that will happen to future generations
Super Pollutants
Fossil fuels, methane, less time but greater warming effect.
Direct health effects
Heat strokes, cardiac arrest
What was the period between 20,000 - 1759 ?
Holoscene
Paris Agreement
Includes equity consideration, allows flexibility for groups who have similar problems
Which of the following health effects can occur after extreme weather events?
Injury, death, mental Heath issues ( all of the above)
Who made the steam engine?
James Watt
Leadership
Knowing what to do when no one else does
What is Terra Nullius?
Land that is empty or under-utilised
Inter generational climate affects:
Last for thousands of years and impacts generations unborn.
In tackling climate change, what is the main economic tradeoff society must face?
Living standards and environmental quality.
Dependent leadership
One leader makes a decision for the group
In organizing social movements, mobilizing typically refers to:
Organizing large groups of people to participate minimally
What does it mean to think of climate change as a problem of power?
People who want the change the most don't have the resources they need to make the change they want
greenhouse gas effect
The Earth's heat is trapped inside a blanket of gases located in the Earth's atmosphere.
The UNFCC refers to:
United Nations Framework on Climate Change.
When discussing climate change, the word adaption refers to:
To the capacity of a community or a demographic group to accommodate to changes in climate or extreme weather events related to climate change.
What is the largest emitter of greenhouse gasses in California and the U.S. is:
Transportation
