COP26
What is COP26?
The 2021 UN conference on climate change.
What is a carbon footprint?
Name three types of green energy.
Wind, solar, water, geothermal, biofuel
Name 2 big environmental problems BESIDES rising temperatures.
Plastic, Emissions, Coal, Rising oceans, Melting ice, Severe weather
What is "agriculture"?
Farming, food production
Name two goals of COP26
Zero emissions by 2050
Protect communities and local habitats
Get money
Work together
What is a water footprint?
How much water is used to produce something else.
They emit greenhouse gases which trap heat around the Earth.
Why are rising sea levels bad?
Because they threaten communities that are near the water. (Like the Netherlands, Florida, Tuvalu...)
What does it mean if food is "organic"?
Produced without chemicals like fertilizer and pesticides.
What is the Paris Agreement (Paris Accords)?
An international treaty signed by 196 countries meant to help fight climate change.
Where does coal come from?
Ancient organic material deep in the Earth.
Give an example of severe weather caused by climate change in the last few years.
Floods in Germany. Snowstorm in Texas. Australian wildfires. California wildfires. High arctic temperatures...
What is "deforestation"?
Clearing a large area of trees.
Why is COP26 in Glasgow?
Glasgow is one of the greenest cities in Europe.
Food production releases many emissions.
Name three ways a person can be more energy efficient.
Turning off lights, better lightbulbs, energy efficient appliances, good windows, turn off electronics, wash clothes in cold water, use natural light...
Name two ways that animals are affected by climate change.
Species go extinct, animals eat plastic, animals lose their habitats, deforestation, animals can't find food, animals are poisoned by chemicals...
What does it mean if something is "biodegradable"? Give one example.
Something that will break down and not cause pollution.
Many world leaders are at COP26. Name one country whose leader did NOT go and WHY.
China, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Russia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Vatican City, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Samoa
Which has a larger carbon footprint? Landfills or planes? Explain your answer.
They are the same (940 billion tons CO2 eq)
As a group, please explain your opinion on nuclear power.
Open ended.
Why are virologists (scientists who study diseases) worried about the arctic melting?
The ice could have ancient diseases.
What is "biodiversity"?