Climate Adaptation Quiz

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Which of these is NOT an expected effect of climate change?

• Sea levels rising
• Flooding in coastal cities
• Expanding Glaciers
• Extreme weather

What percentage of heat from global warming has the ocean absorbed in the last forty years?

• 11%
• 1%
• 35%
• 84%

The global sea level rose how many inches since the last century?

• 1.2 inches
• 3.0 inches
• 6.7 inches
• 20.7 inches

True or False: Sea level could be as much as 2 meters (6.6 feet) higher in 2100 than it was in 2000.

• True
• False

What percentage of total (tracked) climate finance is going to global adaptation?

• 5%
• 10%
• 15%
• 25%

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report found that adaptation costs are how much greater than current adaptation finance flows?

• 2x greater
• 3-5x greater
• 5-10x greater
• 10-20x greater

Researchers say there’s now a 66% chance we will pass the 1.5º C global warming threshold between now and what year?

• 2027
• 2030
• 2043
• 2050

It is estimated that every 1°C increase causes yields of wheat to fall by 6%, rice by 3.2%, and maize by how much?

• 2%
• 5%
• 7.4%
• 9.2%

By 2100, with a global warming of 2.7°C, how many people will live in areas where the climate is no longer suitable for human life?

• 20% of the global population
• 25% of the global population
• 33% of the global population
• 50% of the global population