SDGs
What does SDG stand for?
Sustainable Development Goals
Name one product of climate change that could affect human health?
Fires, Rising Temperatures, sea levels, extreme weather events, shift in ecosystem characteristics
Which gas is responsible for the major effect on climate warming?
Carbon Dioxide
What term means taking action to prepare for and adjust to current and future impacts of climate change?
Adaptation
What is climate change mitigation?
To limit emissions of and stabilize the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
How many SDGs are there?
17
How can the changing climate affect human heart health?
Exposure to poor air quality due to particle pollution or extreme heat can increase the risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke, particularly in people already at risk for these conditions.
What is the global rise in temperature since 1850?
roughly 2 degrees in Fahrenheit, 1 degree Celsius
What is a heatwave and what can it cause?
This extreme weather event can cause dehydration, heat stroke, and even death, especially among vulnerable populations
True or False. Oceans do not play a role in mitigating Earth’s climate.
False
What are SDG 3 and 13?
Good Health and Wellbeing and Climate Action
What is the key climate change effect that has influenced an increase in tick and tick-borne pathogens in Canada?
Rising temperatures
What percentage of the global greenhouse gas emissions does the transportation sector emit?
20%
What report is the first comprehensive report on climate change impacts, experiences and approaches written from the perspectives of First Nations, Inuit and Métis living in what is currently known as Canada.
The Indigenous Resilience Report
Driving electric vehicles (EVs) always results in zero emissions.
False
How many countries are a part of the United Nations?
193
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) revealed that ____ billion people already live in areas highly susceptible to climate change
3.6 billion
What percent of excess heat trapped in the Earth system is the ocean absorbing due to human-caused climate change?
Over 90%
True or False. Switching to a plant based diet can help reduce your personal carbon footprint
True
What was agreed to in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris in 2015?
substantially reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to hold global temperature increase to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C
Where were the SDGs created?
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012
According to a 2021 NASA study, which crop yield is projected to decline 24% by 2030?
Maize (corn
What is considered a critical threshold for carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?
The safe level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is 350 parts per million
What does the Lancet Countdown Report?
The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change monitors the evolving health profile of climate change, and provides an independent assessment of the delivery of commitments made by governments worldwide under the Paris Agreement
During what agreement were developing countries encouraged to commit to undertaking activities that would reduce emissions from deforestation?
Paris Agreement (COP 21)