SDGs
The United Nations adopted these goals to be completed by 2030 (SDGs for short)
Sustainable Development Goals
This type of public transportation is used by about 3.2 million people every day in NYC
subway
An excess of this natural gas is one of the main causes of climate change
Carbon dioxide or methane or nitrous oxide
This president removed the United States from the Paris Climate Accord in 2017
Trump
These animals were kept on the roof of the school before the pandemic (and hopefully will return soon!)
Chickens
The number of SDGs
Driving in a car creates this many times more emissions than riding the subway
5x
Which country is currently the largest producer of carbon dioxide?
China
According to a report by UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change will be irreversible by this year
2030
The energy efficiency rating for the building (A, B, or C)
The names/topics of two of the SDGs
No poverty, zero hunger, good health and wellbeing, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, industry/infrastructure/innovation, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, life on land, peace/justice and strong institutions, partnerships for the goals
This is the most used form of renewable energy
Hydroelectric
Which country is historically the largest producer of carbon dioxide? (1850-2021)
United States
These two continents are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change
Africa and Asia
A lab for growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution instead of soil
Hydroponics lab
Number of people living in extreme poverty today
653.3 million
This process sucks carbon dioxide out of the air
carbon capture
We lose about 10 million hectares of forest each year - this process of losing forest is called this
deforestation
Half of the world’s coral reefs have died in the last 30 years, and two thirds of the Great Barrier Reef have been damaged by coral bleaching caused by this change to seas
High temperatures
This small teacher does not eat meat (vegetarian/vegan)
Ms. Whitaker
Air pollution, both ambient and household, increases the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disease and leads to some ______ deaths worldwide every year.
8.8 million
The most efficient way to address climate change is to make these more sustainable
Refrigerants (like air conditioners)
This industry is responsible for more emissions than all transportation emissions combined
Meat industry (raising livestock)
Which tech company has the biggest carbon footprint?
Samsung
In what year was HSES "established in response to a growing consciousness of environmental issues and in anticipation of a rapidly expanding field of environmental professions" according to Wikipedia
1992