Shimko Ch13 332-339

The Montreal Protocol of 1987 dealt with environmental problems that were basically national in scope.

• True

• False

There has never been a successful international regime dealing with a global environmental problem.

• True

• False

The Kyoto Protocol represents the first significant international attempt to deal with the problem of _______________________________.

• climate change

• French-Canadians

• Logging

• Computer Protocol for Energy Conservation

The Montreal Protocol is an example of a successful international response to a global environmental problem. By reducing the use of _____, it attempted to halt the thinning of the earth’s ozone.

• CFCs

• Nuclear Weapons

• Bitcoin

• Cars

Why did the Kyoto Protocol (1997) call for reductions on emissions of the U.S., but not China and India?

• Because China refused to cooperate

• Because the US is already producing so little.

• It considered historical output

• It considered the air pollution problems in major US cities

Has Europe reduced emissions since 1990?

• Yes.

• No.

• It depends on how you measure emissions.

_____ are confident that environmental problems can be solved through innovation.

• Modernists

• Neotraditionalists

• Marxists

• Librarians

Why was the Montreal Protocol able to succeed while so many other climate agreements fail?

• Because the world was more united in 1987

• Because we had better leaders in the past.

• Because there was a economically feasible solution.

• Because Canada is better a climate negotiations

Some people think global warming is caused by natural fluctuation in earth's temperature.

• True

• False

Looking at the changes in global temperature over a ten-year period is a great way to test if climate change is happening.

• True

• False