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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What does the term 'sustainable' mean?
The implementation of eco-friendly technologies.
A balance between meeting today's needs with those of the future
The use of alternative energies
The sustainable development goals come into effect on 1 January 2016. When are they due to expire?
2030
2050
2100
2020
How many sustainable development goals are there?
27
17
5
7
The first sustainable development goal aims to eradicate extreme poverty. How does the UN currently measure extreme poverty?
People who are unemployed and unable to access welfare benefits from the state
People who live on less than $5 a day
People who live on less than $1.25 a day
People who claim to be living in poverty
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) replaced the millennium development goals (MDGs) - of which they were how many?
8
5
10
15
Which of the following is not a sustainable development goal?
Eliminate racism in all its forms
Climate action
Clean water and sanitation
Good health and well-being
To which countries are the sustainable development goals designed to apply?
Low and middle-income countries, not high-income countries
All countries
Only countries where 50% of the population live below the poverty line
Only countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
193 states, all members of the UN, have signed the Agenda 2030. But there are more states in the world, what about them?
They are against the agreement.
Their status is controversial, e.g. Kosovo is not recognized by the UN as an independent state.
They do not want to be a member of the UN.
The UN wants to move towards a peaceful world. But what important aspect of the SDGs remains untouched?
Arms exports
Economic growth
Global Financial Transaction Tax
Which SDG is considered the greatest global challenge?
Global energy system transformation
Eradicate poverty worldwide
Education for all
Who monitors the achievement of the SDGs?
The national governments control themselves
A UN commission evaluates implementation on the basis of an annual SDG progress report by the UN Secretary-General
A specially founded SDG body by the USA
[GOAL 7] How many people do not have access to electricity in the world?
800 million (or the population of Europe)
1.3 billion (or the population of China)
3 billion (or the population of China, India and the
United States combined)
In 2015, at the COP21 in Paris, heads of state
undertook to put measures in place to limit
global warming to…
+ 0.5 degrees Celsius by 2100
+ 2 degrees Celsius by 2100
+ 5 degrees Celsius by 2100
[GOAL 2] Do we produce enough food to feed the whole world?
No, we need to produce more
Yes, but it is unequally distributed and not
everyone has access
That depends on the year
[GOAL 3] Japan and Sierra Leone are two extremes
of which well-being indicator?
Unemployment rate: 3.1% in Japan and 60% in
Sierra Leone
Literacy rate: 99% in Japan and 42% in Sierra Leone
Life expectancy: 84 years in Japan and 50 years in
Sierra Leone, a 34-year difference.
[GOAL 9] Which is the “greenest” city in the world?
Reykjavik (Iceland)
Montreal (Canada)
Paris (France)
[GOAL 13] The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in which city?
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Liverpool
London
[GOAL 2] Of the 815 million people affected by hunger, half are:
Women
Peasant farmers
People on a diet
[GOAL 7] Where does 90% of wastewater from human activity go?
It is treated and recycled
It is held securely in watertight tanks
It is discharged back into the rivers and seas
without being treated
[GOAL 14] Along with the forests, what are known as the “lungs of the earth”?
The Himalayas
The oceans
Volcanoes
Sustainable development will not aim at:
Social economic development which optimize the economic and societal benefits available in the present, without spoiling the likely potential for similar benefits in the future
Reasonable and equitable distributed level of economic well being that can be perpetuated continually
Maximizing the present day benefits through increased resource consumption
What is Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050?
A set of goals to reduce Toyota's environmental impact and contribute to a sustainable society.
A plan to increase Toyota's production of gasoline-powered cars.
A strategy to cut costs by ignoring environmental regulations.
When did Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 launch?
2010
2015
2020
What are the six challenges that Toyota aims to achieve by 2050?
Carbon, Water, Materials, Biodiversity, Outreach, and Education
Carbon, Air Quality, Energy, Water, Materials, and Education
Carbon, Air Quality, Water, Biodiversity, Outreach, and Education
What is the goal of the Carbon Challenge?
To reduce CO2 emissions from Toyota's vehicles and operations
To increase CO2 emissions from Toyota's vehicles and operations.
To maintain current levels of CO2 emissions from Toyota's vehicles and operations.
