Climate Change is the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Without drastic action today, adapting to these impacts in the future will be more difficult and costly.
Although greenhouse gas emissions are projected to drop about 6 percent in 2020 due to travel bans and economic slowdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, this improvement is only temporary. Climate change is not on pause. Once the global economy begins to recover from the pandemic, emissions are expected to return to higher levels.
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Correct! The was adopted on 12 December 2015 at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) held in Paris. The central aim of this agreement is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping the global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Paris Agreement formally entered into force on 4 November 2016 and today, 189 Parties have ratified the Agreement
Incorrect. The correct answer is B. The was adopted on 12 December 2015 at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) held in Paris. The central aim of this agreement is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping the global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Paris Agreement formally entered into force on 4 November 2016 and today, 189 Parties have ratified the Agreement.
Correct! In 2007, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to former United States Vice-President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.
Incorrect. The correct answer is B. In 2007, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to former United States Vice-President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.
Correct! There are four major greenhouse gases (methane, nitrous oxide, fluorinated gases and carbon dioxide), the most abundant of which is carbon dioxide (CO2). It is largely the product of burning fossil fuels. Greenhouse gases are essential to the survival of humans and millions of other living things by keeping some of the sun’s warmth from reflecting back into space and making Earth livable. But after more than a century and a half of industrialization, deforestation, and large-scale agriculture, quantities of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have risen to record levels not seen in three million years. As populations, economies and standards of living grow, so does the cumulative level of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions.
Incorrect. The correct answer is A. There are four major greenhouse gases (methane, nitrous oxide, fluorinated gases and carbon dioxide), the most abundant of which is carbon dioxide (CO2). It is largely the product of burning fossil fuels. Greenhouse gases are essential to the survival of humans and millions of other living things by keeping some of the sun’s warmth from reflecting back into space and making Earth livable. But after more than a century and a half of industrialization, deforestation, and large-scale agriculture, quantities of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have risen to record levels not seen in three million years. As populations, economies and standards of living grow, so does the cumulative level of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions.
Correct! Oceans cover 72 per cent of the Earth's surface and absorb about 30 per cent of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming. Changes to the climate, brought about by increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, will thus lead to changes in the oceans, including sea-level rise and ocean acidification, which will put marine ecosystems and coastal communities at risk.
Incorrect. The correct answer is B. Oceans cover 72 per cent of the Earth's surface and absorb about 30 per cent of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming. Changes to the climate, brought about by increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, will thus lead to changes in the oceans, including sea-level rise and ocean acidification, which will put marine ecosystems and coastal communities at risk.
Correct! UN Secretary-General António Guterres is urging governments to take six climate-positive actions to recover better from the #COVID19 pandemic. These include investing in green jobs, no bail outs for polluting industries, ending fossil-fuel subsidies, taking climate risks into account in all financial and policy decisions, working together, and most importantly, leave no one behind.
Incorrect. The correct answer is C. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is urging governments to take six climate-positive actions to recover better from the #COVID19 pandemic. These include investing in green jobs, no bail outs for polluting industries, ending fossil-fuel subsidies, taking climate risks into account in all financial and policy decisions, working together, and most importantly, leave no one behind.
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