Confronting Climate Change

Under the Kyoto protocol, the first international climate change treaty, how much, on average, did industrialised nations pledge to reduce their annual greenhouse gas emissions by?

• 4.5% by 2015 compared to 1990

• 5.2% by 2012 compared to 1990

• 6.8% by 2012 compared to 1990

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What does the UN programme REDD stand for?

• Ratifying Emissions for the Determination of International Declarations

• Recognised Executive for Drought and Disasters

• Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

• Realising that Everything is a Dreadful Disaster

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What is the goal of the 2015 Paris climate accord?

• Limit global warming to well below 1C

• Limit global warming to well below 4C

• Limit global warming to well below 2C

• Eradicate fossil fuels

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You may know that China is the biggest emitter of the greenhouse gas CO2 in the world, but what percentage of total global emissions did the country produce in 2019?

• 8.5 per cent

• 17.8 per cent

• 30.4 percent

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So far, the strongest impacts of climate change have been observed in:

• Northern latitudes

• The tropics

• Southern latitudes

• All latitudes equally

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What percentage of scientists agree that climate change is likely generated by human activities?

• 37%

• 97%

• 100%

• 1%

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2019 ​was the warmest year on record.

• True

• False

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True or False. Of all major components that contribute to radiative forcing of climate (Greenhouse gases, Ozone, albedo, aerosols, stratospheric water vapor, contrails, solar irradiance, land use), Greenhouse gases currently have the largest contribution to positive forcing (warming).

• True

• False

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Out of the 197 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), how many have ratified the Paris Agreement?

• 175

• 189

• 197

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Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his/her contributions to climate action?

• Greta Thunberg

• Al Gore

• Malala Yousafzai

• Beyonce

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