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This software developer said, “Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.”
Who is Bill Gates?
The Vikings had to abandon their settlements on this large island after climate change made the land inhospitable.
What is Greenland?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change advises this international organization.
What is the United Nations?
The Ivanpah facility in the Mohave Desert is the world’s largest operating plant providing this type of renewable energy.
What is solar power?
This Italian city's council voted against climate-change measures, only minutes before its office flooded.
What is Venice?
This “Happy” celebrity said, “Climate change is one of the most defining issues of our time that threatens our very existence on Earth.”
Who is Pharrell Williams?
This period from the 16th to the 19th centuries was a little cold, although not a true Ice Age.
What is the “Little Ice Age”?
This group, based in San Francisco, is dedicated to litigating environmental issues.
What is Earth Justice?
This machine, used to generate wind power, can have blades as long as 50 feet.
What is a wind turbine?
This country proposes to take advantage of melting arctic ice to create a so-called “Northern Sea Route.”
What is Russia?
This former Mr. Universe said, “I’ve starred in a lot of science fiction movies and, let me tell you something, climate change is not science fiction. This is a battle in the real world; it is impacting us right now.”
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi won this Nobel Prize in 2021 for their work modeling global warming.
What is the Nobel Prize in Physics?
The African Union is helping build this "wall" to stop the Sahara from growing.
What is the Great Green Wall?
This form of renewable energy, relying on heat from the Earth’s core, benefits from not having to rely on good weather.
What is geothermal energy?
This Middle-Eastern city hosted talks that resulted in 144 countries agreeing to limit qualified emissions.
What is Doha?
This actor, who once said “I’m the king of the world,” later said, “Climate change is real. It is happening right now; it is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.”
Who is Leonardo Di Caprio?
This volcano’s massive eruption in 1883 is thought to have caused a drop in global temperatures, an effect known as “volcanic winter.”
What is Krakatoa?
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is tasked with enacting this 1997 international agreement.
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
This dam on China’s Yangtze River is the world’s largest hydroelectric generator, at 22,500 megawatts.
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
This Pacific island nation will be completely submerged by the end of the century, due to climate change.
What is Kiribati?
This entrepreneur said, “We are running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe,” but his company still launches spaceships.
Who is Elon Musk?
This unofficial holiday started in 1970 to mark the beginning of the environmental movement.
What is Earth Day?
The Glasgow Climate Change Conference of 2021 agreed to limit global temperature rise to this many degrees.
What is 1.5 degrees centigrade?
This state is number one in renewable energy use, according to US News and World Report.
What is Oregon?
In 2020, this massive wildfire became the largest fire complex in recorded California history.
What is the August Complex fire?