Definitions
The adjustment of human/natural systems in response to actual or expected climate stimuli
What is Adaptation?
GHG(S)
What are GreenHouse Gases?
Adaptation strategies aim to manage the _______ ___ _______ _________
What are the Impacts of climate change?
This term refers to the process of converting waste materials into reusable raw materials, reducing the demand for new resources
What is Recycling?
A description of atmospheric behavior over an extended period, usually an average taken over 30 years.
What is Climate?
O3
What is Ozone?
Adaptation strategies include ________
What are flood defences?
What are vaccination programmes?
What are desalinisation plants?
What is planting crops in previously unsuitable climates?
A natural or artificial reservoir that absorbs and stores more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases
What is a Carbon sink?
Having reliable, adequate, and affordable sources of energy as a society which provides a degree of independence. OR A society has a reliable (self-produced) source of energy.
What is Energy security?
UNFCCC
What is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?
Energy choices affect ______ and ______.
What is energy security?
What is energy independence?
The process in which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and stored in biomass, soils, or geological formations is known as this.
What is Carbon sequestration?
The idea that a society aims for each of its citizens to use a maximum of 2000 Watts per annum.
What is a 2000-watt society?
IPCC
What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?
The ______ involves a set of international agreements aimed at addressing climate change and reducing global emissions
What is the Paris Agreement?
This renewable energy source relies on the heat from the Earth's core to generate electricity.
What is Geothermal energy?
Examples include the IPCC, NAPAs and the UNFCCC
What are International efforts?
UN REDD programme
What is the United Nations programme for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation in Developing countries?
Energy choices are influenced by (must get at least 3) ______ __________ ________
What is: availability, sustainability, scientific advancements, technological developments, cultural attitudes, political, economic, and environmental factors?
This method of soil conservation involves planting rows of trees along the edges of fields to reduce soil erosion and improve biodiversity
What is Agroforestry?