AICE Environmental Management Acronyms questions

The method of reflecting solar radiation preventing energy from entering the atmosphere which would limit the amount of energy trapped by greenhouse gases

• SRM (Solar radiation management)

• Carbon capture and storage

• Geoengineering

• Afforestation

What is used to assess how polluted the air is or how polluted the air is expected to become

• AQI (Air Quality Index)

• PM2.5 Concentration

• CO2 Emission Levels

• Ozone Layer Thickness

Compounds that have a high vapor pressure and a low water solubility are called

• VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)

• HAPs (Hazardous Air Pollutants)

• PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)

• PFCs (Perfluorinated Compounds)

What are the electronic mapping systems designed to capture, store, analyse, and manage geographic information?

• GIS (geospatial/geographic information systems)

• GPS (Global Positioning System)

• CAD (Computer-Aided Design)

• RS (Remote Sensing)

An organization that ensures the sustainable management and conservation of fish stocks in EU fishing waters.

• EU CFP (European Union Common Fisheries Policy)

• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• WHO (World Health Organization)

An association that regulates and monitors tourism in Antarctica

• IAATO (International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators)

• ANTARCTIC (Antarctic Tourism Association)

• ATTA (Adventure Travel Trade Association)

• IATA (International Air Transport Association)

what is the emission reducing method that eliminates SO2 from gases leaving industrial chimneys

• FGD (Flue-gas desulfurisation)

• SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction)

• ESP (Electrostatic Precipitator)

• Wet Scrubber

What is the global conservation initiative focusing specifically on species with unique evolutionary histories that are now threatened?

• EDGE (Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered species program)

• CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)

• IUCN Red List (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

• WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

An organization whose goal is to develop international policy guidelines to encourage sustainable forest management and sustainable tropical timber harvest and trade

• ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organization)

• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)

• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

• WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

What is are the 197 nations that agreed to an environmental pact called?

• COP (Conference of the Parties)

• UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)

• IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

• CSD (Commission on Sustainable Development)