Climate Perspectives
What are perspectives on climate change influenced by?
Factors such as experience of climate change, occupation, wealth, place of residence, education, age or access to media.
climate change influenced by?What is the title of Lomborg’s 2001 book?
The Skeptical Environmentalist.
What country is Greta Thunberg from?
Sweden / Swedish.
What does XR stand for?
Extinction Rebellion.
What does IPCC stand for?
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Name one group that may be more aware of climate change because of where they live or work.
Farmers OR people living in coastal/flood-prone areas.
Does Lomborg accept that human activity has contributed to global warming?
yes
How old was Greta when she began challenging the Swedish parliament?
15 years old
What type of protests does XR use?
Non-violent protests.
What year was the IPCC established?
1998
What weather-related changes may farmers notice through changes in crop yields?
Year-to-year changes in weather patterns and extreme weather.
Lomborg believes many environmental problems are related mainly to what issue?
Poverty.
What method of transport did Greta use to travel to New York in 2019?
She sailed in a yacht.
In which country is Extinction Rebellion based?
The United Kingdom (UK).
Which two organizations established the IPCC?
UNEP and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
According to the US study, around what percentage of adults expected harmful climate-change impacts on weather patterns, coastal erosion and wildlife?
Around 40%.
What does Lomborg think should happen before deciding how to deal with global warming?
A global cost-benefit analysis should be carried out.
What major climate meeting did Greta attend in New York in 2019?
The Climate Action Summit.
What tactic does XR use to attract attention by disrupting the public and wasting police time?
Mass arrests.
Does the IPCC conduct its own independent research?
No. It gathers findings from published research.
Name three factors that can influence a person’s perspective on climate change.
Any three: experience, occupation, wealth, residence, education, age, access to media.
According to Lomborg, which countries would carry a disproportionate amount of the cost of fighting global warming?
Poor countries.
What temperature limit does Greta argue current commitments are insufficient to keep global warming below?
1.5°C.
Name one issue XR campaigns about besides climate change.
Biodiversity loss OR social/environmental decline OR climate justice.
What does Working Group III of the IPCC assess?
Options for limiting greenhouse-gas emissions and mitigating climate change.