Planetary Health & Youth Participation Quiz

What are the interconnected systems of the Earth that are influenced by human activities?

• Atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, geosphere

• Atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere

• Atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, geosphere

• Atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere

What is the foundational framework for understanding the environment and health nexus challenges?

• Floods

• Planetary health

• Youth participation

• Climate change

What are the different pathways by which climate change can affect health?

• Direct, indirect, ecosystem-mediated

• Direct, indirect, political

• Direct, indirect, technological

• Direct, indirect, economic

Why is addressing the health impacts of climate change critical?

• Because climate adaptation and mitigation planning cannot ignore health

• Because health is not affected by climate change

• Because climate change only affects the environment

• Because health impacts are not significant

What is a key leverage point to change adult-centric institutional structures?

• Youth participation in polity

• Youth participation in activism

• Youth participation in politics

• Youth participation in policy

What is a youth council?

• A formal organization that is consulted on issues of concern to adults

• A formal organization that is consulted on issues of concern to the government

• A formal organization that is consulted on issues of concern to the environment

• A formal organization that is consulted on issues of concern to youth

What is the role of youth participation in politics?

• To shift opinion and decision makers

• To promote fossil fuel companies

• To maintain the status quo

• To support adult-centric institutional structures

What can youth participation influence in policymaking?

• Climate policies and economic policies

• Climate policies and healthcare policies

• Climate policies and sectoral policies

• Climate policies and educational policies

What is one way to take action for planetary health and youth participation?

• Ignoring the social determinants

• Supporting government actions only

• Promoting individual actions only

• Improving understanding of multi-sectoral impacts

What is the purpose of fostering community actions?

• To ignore the impacts on communities

• To increase the negative impacts on communities

• To help communities prevent or reduce adverse impacts

• To focus only on individual impacts