Climate Causes
This is the purpose of greenhouse gasses
What is "protect the earth by shielding and trapping infrared radiation"?
Due to the changes in temperature, climate change also affects this cycle. The changes that affect this system can create extremes in droughts and heavy precipitation.
What is the water cycle?
This industry has a site along the waterways of Barrio Logan, but production in this industry creates air pollution. In recent years, this industry involves building larger vehicles in response to demand, which creates a rise in carbon emissions in the atmosphere.
What is shipping?
The percentage of the US that recycles
What is 32%? "The recycling rate has increased from less than 7 percent in 1960 to the current rate of 32 percent"
Riding this does not give off any C02 emissions in comparison to other modes of transportation
What are bicycles?
The greenhouse gas that is the largest contributor to climate change
What is Carbon Dioxide (CO2)?
This "can cause destructive erosion, wetland flooding, aquifer and agricultural soil contamination with salt, and lost habitat for fish, birds, and plants"
What is sea level rising?
The name of San Diego's management system that aims at conserving "discarded" materials and making new products from that material.
What is the "Zero Waste Plan"? "Approved and adopted unanimously by City Council on July 13, 2015"
An estimate of the number of people who do not have access to safe drinking water
What are "more than 884 million people"?
Nature-based climate solutions examples
What is Carbon farming/restorative agriculture, tree planting, restoring coastal wetlands, and protecting mangroves?
This contributes to roughly a third of greenhouse gas emissions.
What is our modern industrialized food system?
This blooms because of warmer water temperatures driven by climate change, and promotes their competitive advantage in aquatic ecosystems.
What are toxic/harmful algal blooms?
SD County will work with UCSD to help with this process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
What is carbon sequestration? * Also accepting decarbonization strategies*
The amount of plastic ends up in our ocean every year
What is about 14 million tons?
During this process, temperatures of the soil can go over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This process requires a mix of "greens" and "browns" that would later be broken down by creatures like earthworms.
What is composting?
This is the way in which heat is trapped close to Earth's surface by gases such as methane, carbon dioxide, water vapor, etc.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This group is disproportionately affected by climate change and would be considered vulnerable populations.
What is "those who suffer from socioeconomic inequalities, including many people of color"?
One of the primary sources that San Diego County Water Supply comes from
What is "The Colorado River"? (50%)
What is "CA State Water Project"? (30%)
What is "local water supplies and conservation"? (20%)
The amount of pounds of trash a Californian is estimated to waste per day
What is 6 pounds of trash?
"The most effective way to reduce CO2 emissions"
What is reducing fossil fuel consumption?
This gets its name from the ability to reflect sunlight. The direct cause is an increase in the Earth's temperature due to a lack of reflective surfaces (i.e. ice caps melting= more radiation)
What is the Albedo Effect?
Over 38M people in America, which includes 12M children, live in this, with unreliable access to affordable healthy food
What is a food desert? *Also accepting food insecurity
San Diego Climate Action Plan aligns their goals with UN'S _____.
What are the 17 sustainable development goals?
The global temperature that the Paris Agreement wants to stay below
What is 2°C?
"Emissions must drop 7.6 per cent per year from 2020 to 2030 to keep temperatures from exceeding 1.5°C and 2.7 per cent per year to stay below 2°C."?
Solutions for fighting climate change worldwide
What are "Nature based solutions, promoting smart clean energy policies, building resilience, inspiring productive conversations"?