Lecture 9

Question 1

what are the anthropocentric sources of climate change

Answer 1

1) electricity and heat
2) agriculture
3) transportation
(all uses of fossil fuels)

Question 2

what are some policy options to deal with climate change

Answer 2

kyoto policy
paris agreement

Question 3

what are some trends in greenhouse gas emissions

Answer 3

greenhouse gasses are rising steadily over the last 50 years

Question 4

evidence of climate change (name 3)

Answer 4

1) warming oceans
2) melting ice sheets in the arctic
3) sea level rise
4) ocean acidification
5) extreme events

Question 5

what is a tipping point?

Answer 5

thresholds that make a system change from one to another qualitative state

Question 6

examples of greenhouse gasses (name 2)

Answer 6

1) carbon dioxide
2) methane
3) nitrous oxide
4) flourinated gases

Question 7

why is climate change bad

Answer 7

ecosystems die and livelihoods will be destroyed

Question 8

what is the kyoto protocol

Answer 8

keep GHG emissions to 5.2% below the 1990 levels