Environmental Summits Quiz

Which city hosted the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in 1972?

• Paris

• Rome

• Stockholm

• Berlin

What is the main objective of the Kyoto Protocol?

• Promote the use of fossil fuels to worsen climate change

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change

• Increase greenhouse gas emissions to speed up climate change

• Ignore greenhouse gas emissions and climate change

Which country was the host of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference?

• China

• United States

• Germany

• France

What is the significance of the Paris Agreement in the context of environmental summits?

• It has no impact on global climate change

• It is the first universal, legally binding global climate deal.

• It only applies to a few countries and is not universal

• It is a non-binding agreement with no legal consequences

What is the role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in environmental summits?

• Promotes deforestation for economic growth

• Provides scientific assessments on climate change

• Lobbies for increased use of fossil fuels

• Organizes climate change protests

What are the major outcomes of the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992?

• Signing of the Kyoto Protocol

• Adoption of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, establishment of the Commission on Sustainable Development, creation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

• Creation of the International Space Station

• Establishment of the World Trade Organization

What is the purpose of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?

• To ignore the issue of climate change

• To stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere

• To promote the use of fossil fuels

• To increase greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere

What are the key goals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to environmental sustainability?

• Space exploration

• Deforestation

• The key goals of the SDGs related to environmental sustainability include climate action, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, and life below water and on land.

• Industrial pollution

What is the significance of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the context of environmental summits?

• It has no role in environmental summits

• It is only involved in research and does not participate in organizing summits

• It plays a significant role in organizing and coordinating environmental summits.

• It only focuses on climate change and not other environmental issues

What are the major challenges faced by international environmental summits in addressing global environmental issues?

• Too much funding available

• Easily enforceable agreements

• Lack of consensus among participating countries, insufficient funding, and difficulty in enforcing agreements.

• Consensus among all participating countries