Solutions

Question 1

Liu et al., 2016

Answer 1

Chinese CO2 emissions are focused in particular provinces and industry sectors, so targeted policies could drastically reduce them

Question 2

Sugden et al. (2012)

Answer 2

The UK Committee on Climate Change (2008) suggested that reducing all greenhouse gases (including aviation) by up to 42% by 2020 would cost less than 1% of national GDP.

Answer 3

Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth written into law in Ecuador (2008) and Bolivia (2011) by indigenous presidents

Answer 4

47% risk of iron deficiency in Namibia, but 9% of fish caught in Namibia would be equivalent to the iron requirements for the entire coastal population.

Question 5

Dickman et al (2015)

Answer 5

Acts such as Te Urawera and The New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy (2000-2020), incorporate Maori values.

Answer 6

The Te Urawera Act (2014) is leading the way in co-management and implementation of cultural values. Te Urawera is a forested area of great spiritual value to Māori and holds intrinsic value for all New Zealander’s

Question 7

Sugden et al. (2012)

Answer 7

Using economic mechanisms such as carbon quotas and trading encourages the flow of funds from rich to poorer countries
The cost of carbon must include not only direct emissions but also those embedded in imported goods

Question 8

Jakarta

Answer 8

40% of N. Jakarta is submerged under sea level, will become 95% by 2050 - proposed “managed retreat” of > 10 million people to move the capital city to N. Indonesia, instead of mitigate cc risks

Question 9

migration

Answer 9

northward migration will be caused by cc, so hostility to migrants and refugees must decrease - by 2050, 1 in 30 people globally may become climate refugees

Question 10

Cape Town

Answer 10

water police patrol and control water usage