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1
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What are the 4 Rs?

A

Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Repair

2
Q

What is a carbon number?

A

Amount of greenhouse gases each person produces each year

3
Q

Where can you bring waste to recycle it?

A

Bring banks

4
Q

What can you bring to bring banks?

A
Paper 
Glass
Plastic
Cardboard
Clothes
Batteries
Electrical equipment
5
Q

What is incineration?

A

The burning of waste under controlled conditions

6
Q

What department is responsible for care of the environment?

Who is the minister?

A

The department of communications, climate action and the environment
Denis naughten

7
Q

What is the green schools programme?

A

Aims to encourage schools and their pupils to take an active role in looking after the environment

8
Q

Name a national park

A

Killarney national park

9
Q

What is the green party?

A

Political party in Ireland and around the world that place emphasis on the environment

10
Q

What is climate change?

A

The planet is increasingly heating up due to the burning of fossil fuels

11
Q

What problems does climate change cause?

A

Drought
Famine
Rising sea levels
Floods

12
Q

Name some conference/agreements relating to global warming and climate change

A

The Bali agreement 2007
The Kyoto Protocol 1997
The UN General Assembly Summit on Climate Change 2009

13
Q

Name some challenges to the environment

A

Oil spill- the Gulf of Mexico
Radioactive pollution- Chernobyl
Rainforest reduction- Amazon
Disappearing seas- the Aural Sea