Money
" Pay __a___ or pay ____b____ "
a) Now
b) Later
What is particulate matter?
small solid particles or liquid droplets in air
Are models right or wrong?
Wrong
Power = ___a___ /____b___ = ____c___
a) work
b) time
c) change
The exam is worth _____ % of your final grade
10
Define: Capital, Capitalism, Free Market
Capital: Anything of Value
Capitalism: Leveraging capital to gain greater capital
Free Market: Ability for everyone to trade or leverage capital, with full information on the consequences
What does DALY stand for?
Disability Adjusted Life Years
What is EN-Roads?
an online simulator that provides policymakers, educators, businesses, the media, and the public with the ability to test and explore cross-sector climate solutions
What is one way that capitalism can be good for environment?
Multiple answers apply
(ex. investment in environmentally beneficial infrastructure)
How many students are in this class?
72
What is degrowth?
choosing sustainable progress over economic growth
What kinds of effects of do aerosols have on the environment?
(bonus points if you explain the effect)
direct: scatter solar radiation & absorb solar radiation
indirect: increased reflectivity and longer cloud lifetime
semi-direct: increased absorption but shorter cloud lifetime
What is an externality?
a consequence caused by an economic actor that is not suffered or enjoyed by that same actor
business = ________ + __________
Value proposition & costumer
The next exam will have more __a___ and __b___ questions than ___c____ and ___d___ questions
a/b) Short Answer & Essay
c/d) Multiple Choice and True/False
What is decoupling in a climate context?
economic growth not tied to consumption of GHGs
What are the four quadrants of Air Quality-Climate Change Nexus?
1) Climate Change Benefit & Air Quality Benefit
2) Climate Change Detriment & Air Quality Benefit
3) Climate Change Detriment & Air Quality Detriment
4) Climate Change Benefit & Air Quality Detriment
What is the difference between a weather model and a climate model?
Weather model - Initial Value Problem
Climate Model - Boundary Value Problem
Mitigation: Reducing emissions of and stabilizing the levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
Adaption: Learning to live with the effects climate change today and those that are "baked in" as a result of our past, present, and future emissions
What is the current temperature?
72°F
What are the two best ways to incentivize changes in carbon emissions (name and define)
carbon tax: government-set-price that carbon emitters must pay for each ton of GHG that they emit
cap and trade: the government sets an emissions cap and issues a quantity of emission allowances consistent with that cap
What is impact of climate change on nomadic life?
Climate change leading to increased desertification of the Mongolian countryside
What is the current goal for yearly increase in global temperature?
1.5°C
Even if we can't directly implicate climate change as the cause or even a cause of the conflict, we can begin to consider how climate change acts as a ...
"force multiplier" that exacerbates resource challenges and makes solution even more complicated.
Name the four guest lectures we've had so far this semester
Jen Smith (10/24)
Jay Turner (10/15)
Joe Steensma (10/22)
Froggi VanRiper (10/24)