Country Emssions
This country currently emits the most CO₂ overall each year.
What is China?
Rising ocean levels mainly threaten these coastal landforms.
What are Islands?
Burning coal, oil, and natural gas releases these heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
What are Greenhouse Gasses?
This NYC borough contains low-lying coastal communities like the Rockaways that are highly vulnerable to sea-level rise and storm surges.
What is Queens?
Switching from gasoline-powered vehicles to these can reduce transportation emissions.
What are ELectric Vehicles?
This country has historically emitted the most greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution.
What is the United States?
Longer heat waves and dry conditions make these disasters more common, specifically in areas like California.
What are wildfires?
The largest human-caused contributor to climate change is the burning of these fuels.
What are Fossil Fuels?
Lower-income NYC neighborhoods often face higher asthma rates partly because they are located closer to highways and areas with more air ______.
What is Pollution?
This renewable energy source uses sunlight to generate electricity through panels placed on rooftops and fields.
What is Solar Energy?
People in richer countries usually have a much larger “_____ footprint.”
What is Carbon?
Hurricanes gain strength from warmer ______ temperatures.
What is Water/Ocean/Sea?
This sector of the economy includes cars, planes, and ships and is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
What is Transportation?
This 2012 storm flooded subway tunnels, homes, and coastal neighborhoods across New York City.
What is Hurricane Sandy?
Riding _____ instead of driving alone helps reduce carbon emissions.
What is Public Transport?
This continent contributes the least to climate change overall but is highly vulnerable to its impacts.
What is Africa?
This 2005 hurricane devastated New Orleans and exposed major inequality in disaster response.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
Factories, transportation, and power plants release large amounts of this greenhouse gas when fossil fuels are burned.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
Historically redlined neighborhoods in NYC often experience higher temperatures today because they have fewer parks and less ____ coverage.
What are Trees?
Communities can reduce flooding by adding more parks, gardens, and other _____.
What are Green Spaces/Areas?
The idea that wealthy nations should help poorer nations adapt because they caused more pollution is called climate _____.
What is Justice?
This type of flooding occurs when powerful storms push ocean water onto land in low-lying coastal areas.
What is Surge Flooding?
Scientists measure the warming impact of gases like methane and carbon dioxide using this term describing trapped heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
Lower-income NYC neighborhoods often have fewer parks and less tree canopy due to historic housing ______.
What is Discrimination/Redlining?
Scientists say limiting warming to 1.5°C requires rapidly reducing the global use of these three major fossil fuels. (Answer 2 of three)
What is Coal/Oil/Natural Gas?