Climate Change Process

Question 1

Green house gases

Answer 1

Greenhouse gases are gases in Earth’s atmosphere that trap heat. They let sunlight pass through the atmosphere, but they prevent the heat that the sunlight brings from leaving the atmosphere.

Question 2

Green house gases

Answer 2

Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, chloro fluro carbons CFCs.

Question 3

Sources of green house gases gases

Answer 3

Natural: Volcanic eruption,wild fire,
Man made resources: burning of fossil fuels , burning of biomas.

Question 4

indicators of climate change

Answer 4

Increase in air temperature, arctic sea ice is decearing, melting of glaciers, sea levels are rising,

Question 5

Climate change drivers

Answer 5

Natural drivers: solar radiation, tectonic plates movement,
Man made drivers: global warming, deforestation, land use change, fossil fuels burning, over population, ozone depletion.
Economic drivers: increased consumption, production, globalisation, use of pesticides, Industrial revolution.

Question 6

Impacts of climate change on natural and societal systems

Answer 6

1 : On natural system
Melting of polar camps, less land area to live, forest fires, soil erosion, severe storms, hurricane, increase drought, lowering water table, loss of biodiversity, sea temperature.
2: effects on societal systems
Crop reduction, outbreak of disease, loss of infrastructure, migration, risk of starvation.

Question 7

Climate change adaptation

Answer 7

The process of changing behaviour and talking actions in order to adjust to new climatic conditions, such as higher temperature or more extreme weather events.

Question 8

Adaptation action

Answer 8

Structural level: physical adaptation, technological, eco based cities.
Social adaptation: education, awareness.
Institutional adaptation: economic laws and regulations.

Question 9

Structural adaptation adaptation

Answer 9

Installing walls to protect flooding, rising street level, rain water harvesting.

Question 10

Social adaptation options

Answer 10

Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas.

Question 11

Institutional levels adaptation strategies

Answer 11

Principles for effective policy
International cooperation.

Question 12

Case study relating to climate change adoption

Answer 12

Floating gardens in Bangladesh, climate smart agriculture in Kenya, rainwater harvesting in Ethiopia, coastal management zone in Netherlands

Question 13

Climate change mitigation

Answer 13

The reduction of emission of greenhouse gases in order to limit global warming.
Collins dictionary

Question 14

Methods for climate change mitigation

Answer 14

1: efficiency and conservation: green transport
2: decarbonaization
3: natural sinks : reforestation..

Question 15

Case studies related to climate mitigation

Answer 15

German shift in energy from renewable to non rewnable
South Korea’s new green deal investment of 95 billion on green transportation

Question 16

Carbon footprint

Answer 16

Oxford dictionary: the amount of green house gases that are produced by human activities for example by using fossil fuels burning.

Question 17

Carbon footprint calculation

Answer 17

An individual’s nations or organisations carbon footprint can be measured by undertaking ghg emissions assessment

Question 18

CDM clean development management

Answer 18

Collins dictionary: the CDM mechanism is a system introduced by the kyto protection 2005 to allow developed countries to meet their emissions targets by funding emissions reduction projects in Pakistan developing countries.

Question 19

Objectives

Answer 19

Article 12 of koyto protocol

Question 20

CDM process management

Answer 20

Annex 1 : developing countries with legally binding emission reduction
Non Annex: developing countries without legally binding emission reduction.

Question 21

Redd+ forest plus

Answer 21

Merriam Webster: a program under the United nations framework convention on climate change aimed at reducing green house gas emissions by paying developing countries to persevere forests