Causes
The name for garbage, waste, and toxins dumped in the ocean or on land
Pollution
Increased temperatures and more frequent droughts result in...
Water scarcity/water shortages
Since WWII, there has been significant stress on the environment because of... (2)
Explosive growth in the global population
Rapid increase in economic activity globally
This results from changing lifestyles
Reduced consumption
The industries with entrenched economic interests
Oil and gas industries
The build-up of these in the Earth's atmosphere AND their causes (2)
Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)
Burning of fossil fuels, change in land use
The result of deforestation and a loss of habitats
Loss of biodiversity
The era when carbon emissions began to skyrocket
The Industrial Revolution
Investments in these are a solution for climate change
Renewable resources
A lack of this factor makes agreements difficult to achieve/succeed
Enforcement
The result of increased economic activity to reduce poverty
Higher carbon emissions
Climate change contributes to these major global problems... (3)
Water and food insecurity
Armed conflict
Displacement of people
A measure of the contribution to climate change that is made by a particular person's activities or by a particular country's activities
Carbon footprint
A solution is cooperation at the international level in the form of...
International Agreements to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Fear over this exists among states
Other states not following through on their promises
The main culprits
Humans
Greater impacts are felt by these countries for these reasons (3)
Developing countries
1.) On average warmer climates so greater increases in temperatures
2.) Less abilities to pay for measures to adapt to impacts
3.) Economies more heavily dependent on agriculture (sector most impacted by climate change)
1.) The biggest carbon emitter from 1751 to 2017 (country)
2.) AND the biggest carbon emitter in 2017 (country)
1.) USA
2.) China
This is fundamental to modern life
Burning of fossil fuels
The percentages of carbon emissions created by the richest 10% of the world and the emissions from the poorest 50%
49% and ~10%
A concept outlined in 1968 by social scientist Garrett Harden
The Tragedy of the Commons