Climate Justice

The wealthiest 10% of people on Earth own ___ percent of the world’s wealth.

• 30%

• 52%

• 65%

• 88%

Oceans have become 30% more acidic since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Ocean acidification impacts the health and food supply of which creatures?

• Oysters and clams

• Coral reefs

• Plankton

• Humans

• All of the above

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NASA’s chief climate scientist, James Hansen, first testified before U.S. Congress on the need to take action on global warming in what year?

• 1960

• 1988

• 1997

• 2005

More frequent heat waves and lower air quality can threaten the health of vulnerable people, including:

• Children

• The elderly

• Those without access to air conditioning

• Those without access to health care

• All of the above

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By 2020, ____ people in Africa will experience increased water shortages due to climate change.

• 1-2 million

• 10-20 million

• 75-250 million

• 1-2 billion

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Which of the following impacts of climate change contribute to people being displaced from their homes? (Choose all that apply.)

• Deterioration of agricultural land

• Water shortage

• UV ray exposure from hole in ozone layer

• Conflict over increasingly scarce resources

• Natural disasters such as floods

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The people most often displaced by extreme weather events are:

• Women

• People of color

• People in poverty

• All of the above

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What % of African-American people in the U.S. live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant?

• 13%

• 27%

• 68%

• 94%

The poorest half of the world’s population produces ___ of the world’s carbon emissions.

• 5%

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

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Climate change increases the spread of vector-borne diseases from mosquitoes and other insects. These diseases include: (Choose all that apply.)

• Malaria

• Cholera

• Zika

• Lyme disease

• Dengue fever

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