WorksheetsQuiz | Environmental Governance
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Order, from first to last, the following environmental governance mechanisms/organisms according to their foundation time
Which of the following is the world's leading environmental authority setting the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development in the United Nations system, and acts as a powerful advocate for the environment?
Which of the following is a UN body dedicated to providing the world with an objective and scientific view of climate change, its natural, political and economic impacts and risks, as well as possible options response?
Although governments can make comments while the IPCC drafts, does that mean they "have a say" on the final version?
Which of the following is the correct definition of governance?
Structures and processes that are designed to ensure accountability, transparency, responsiveness, rule of law, stability, equity and inclusiveness, empowerment, and broad-based participation.
Law creation process seeking to ensure businesses have a right to speak of their interests
Law creation process seeking to ensure communities have a right to speak of their interests
None of the above
Which of the following is the "UN political body" on Climate Change?
What happens in a "COP"?
Annual meetings to assess progress in the fight against Climate Change
Semestral meetings to assess progress in the fight against Climate Change
Meetings where activists fight against Climate Change
Which of the following is known as the landmark multilateral environmental agreement that regulates the production and consumption of nearly 100 man-made chemicals referred to as ozone depleting substances (ODS)?
Which of the following divided countries in Annex 1 and Not Annex 1 but the second commitment period covered less than 15% of current global emissions?
Which of the following is known as the replacement of a previous protocol setting a long term goal of limiting the global temperature increase in this century to 2 degrees Celsius?
Which of the following documents docummented the first use of "sustainable development"?
Brundtland report
GEO
Stockholm Declaration
Which of the following documents is composed of a series of 26 principles placing environmental issues at the forefront of international concerns and marked the start of a dialogue between industrialized and developing countries on the link between economic growth, the pollution of the air, water, and oceans and the well-being of people around the world?
Brundtland report
GEO
Stockholm Declaration
Which of the following are the political principles used in COP's discussion?
Historical responsibility, CDDR, Attention Principle and Everyone Pays Principle
Precautionary Principle, CBDR, Historical Responsibility and Polluters Pay Principle
Industrial Principle, FCDR, Elemental Responsibility and Countries Pay Principle
Which of the following political principles used in COP's discussion enables decision-makers to adopt precautionary measures when scientific evidence about an an environmental or human health hazard is uncertain and the stakes are high?
Precautionary Principle
Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR)
Historical Responsibility
Polluters Pay Principle
Which of the following political principles used in COP's discussion notes how, throught history, some countries have contributed more than others and assigns responsibility to them?
Precautionary Principle
Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR)
Historical Responsibility
Polluters Pay Principle
Which of the following political principles used in COP's discussion argues that everyone contributes but has different responsibilityes according to their capabilities?
Precautionary Principle
Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR)
Historical Responsibility
Polluters Pay Principle
Which Working Group of the IPCC examines the physical science underpinning past, present, and future climate change.
WG I
WG II
WG III
Which Working Group of the IPCC assesses the impacts of climate change, from a world-wide to a regional view of ecosystems and biodiversity, and of humans and their diverse societies, cultures and settlements?
WG I
WG II
WG III
Which Working Group of the IPCC assesses mitigation-which is achieved by limiting or preventing greenhouse gas emissions and by enhancing activities that remove these gases from the atmosphere.?
WG I
WG II
WG III
Which mechanisms and organisms regulate Mexico's Environmental Governance?
State Governments, Local Authorities and Federal Congress
CECC, C4, Climate Change National Policy, State Government and Local Authorities
CICC, INECC, C3, Climate Change National Policy, State Government, Local Authorities and Federal Congress
CICC, INECC and C3
If you wanted to research about mexican environmental issues, which organization should you look for?
CICC
INECC
C3
Which of the following promotes action coordinations of dependencies and entities, formulates and implements national policies for the mitigation and adaptation, approves NDC's, among others?
CICC
INECC
C3
The Paris Agreement asks countries to submit their NDC. What is this document about?
Document where countries communicate actions they will take to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in order to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement. Countries also communicate in the NDCs actions they will take to build resilience to adapt to the impacts of rising temperatures.
Document where communities communicate actions they will take to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in order to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Document where countries communicate actions they will take to increase their greenhouse gas emissions in order to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Which of the following are the main environmental actors in Nuevo Leon?
SEFERNET, local congress and Consejo Profesional de Cambio Climático
SEMARNAT, state congress and Consejo Técnico de Cambio Climático
SEDARNAT, federal congress and Consejo Máximo de Cambio Climático
There is a limited number of sustainable development goals. Are they 25?
Yup
Hell no
Which UN body operates the Conference of the Parties (COP)?
What edition was the last COP?
Which principle argues that every polluting country should be responsible, not mattering history or their differences?
Historical responsibility
Precautionary principle
Polluters Pay
Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR)
Why is the Montreal Protocol so important for climate action and political governance?
Mario Molina was part of it
Everyone agreed entirely since day 1
It was the first binding protocol
Was it... really?
What environmental crisis was the center of discussion during the Montreal Protocol discussion?
Deforestation
Droughts
Floods
Thinning of the ozone layer
What is the definition of "sustainable development" used on the Bruntland report: The Future We Want emerges in 1987?
Development that fails to meet the needs of present generations while respecting the resource needs of future generations.
Development that aims to meet the needs of present generations while disrespecting the resource needs of future generations.
Development that aims to meet the needs of present generations while respecting the resource needs of future generations.
Development that aims to adapt to the needs of the first world while failing to respect the resource needs of the global South.
Was the Kyoto Protocol a legally binding treaty?
Absolutely
Yes but no
No, not really
USA did___the Kyoto Protocol
sign
not ratify
failed to meet
quit
What political discussion principles are behind the Kyoto Protocol? Remember:
Annex 1. Countries who pollute the most are more responsible.
Not Annex 1. Countries set compromises according to their particularities
Precautionary principle and Polluters Pay
Historical responsibility and Common But Differentiated Responsibilities
Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Polluters Pay
Precautionary principle and Common But Differentiated Responsibilities
Why did the Kyoto Protocol fail?
The most polluting countries left the agreement
USA did not ratify the protocol
Bush, president of the USA, created another protocol most polluter countries wanted to join
Big protests in the USA forced Bush not to ratify the Protocol
Regarding our Mexican National Environmental Governance, which body is integrated by social, private and académic citizens holding experience in climate change?
CICC
C3
INECC
Regarding our Mexican National Environmental Governance, which body is integrated by 14 State secretaries?
CICC
C3
INECC
Which body of Nuevo Leon's Environmental Governance includes citizens with recognized merit and experience in climate change are the members?
Consejo Técnico de Cambio Climático
SEMARNAT
Congreso de Nuevo León
Nuevo Leon's environmental public policy is only missing __ public policy instruments
2
4
3
5
Which of the following NL's key actors is a subdelegation of a national secretary aiming to establish, instrument and apply state policies regarding natural resources and ecosystems conservation?
Consejo Técnico de Cambio Climático
Congreso de Nuevo León
SEMARNAT
None of the above
