1.13. Carbon Budget And Mitigation

Question 1

Climate change

Answer 1

When the average weather changes in a place over time

Question 2

Mitigation

Answer 2

Manages the cause of climate change by reducing or preventing greenhouse gases that cause climate change

Question 3

COP

Answer 3

For nearly 3 decades, the UN has been bringing together almost every country on earth for global climate summits

Question 4

Carbon capture

Answer 4

Capturing co2 particles, turning them into a liquid and injecting underground

Question 5

Carbon sink

Answer 5

Something that absorbs more carbon than it releases

Question 6

Offset

Answer 6

To counteract or cancel out

Question 7

Alternative energy

Answer 7

A resource that won’t run out

Question 8

Afforestation

Answer 8

The planting of trees

Question 9

The carbon budget

Answer 9

A budget that takes into account what goes into a system and what goes out.
In terms of a carbon budget, this would include how much carbon is emitted by various processes compared to what can be absorbed by nature or captured by people