Climate Change and Its Global Impact

What was a direct consequence of the heat in 2023?

• Increased global cooling

• Decrease in sea levels

• Widespread misery and death

• Reduction in greenhouse gases

Which event did NOT occur in 2023?

• Devastating drought in the Horn of Africa

• Torrential downpours in Libya

• Massive earthquake in North America

• Canadian wildfires

What has been the human contribution to climate change?

• Decreasing use of fossil fuels

• Reduction in livestock farming

• Emission of greenhouse gases

• Expansion of natural forests

What is the goal of the Paris Agreement?

• To double the production of greenhouse gases

• To limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels

• To eliminate the use of fossil fuels by 2025

• To increase global temperatures by 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit

What is the impact of every tenth of a degree of additional warming?

• Exponentially disastrous effects

• Improvement in global food production

• Negligible effects on the environment

• Slight increase in global cooling

What is required to prevent worsening effects of climate change?

• Decrease in renewable energy usage

• Immediate increase in fossil fuel consumption

• Expansion of urban areas into forests

• Rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions

By what year did nearly 200 countries agree to triple the use of renewable energy?

• 2050

• 2040

• 2030

• 2025

What is a major challenge associated with nuclear energy?

• It produces a large amount of carbon dioxide

• Creation of hazardous radioactive waste

• It is less efficient than fossil fuels

• It is widely accepted without any skepticism

What role does methane play in global warming?

• It contributes to about 30% of today's global warming

• It is irrelevant to climate change

• It is less potent than carbon dioxide

• It has a cooling effect on the atmosphere

What was the status of global temperatures in January 2024 according to Copernicus?

• Lowest in recorded history

• Highest 12-month global temperature on record

• Stable with no significant change

• Slightly above average