Development worries
In developing countries, climate change is often not a top political worry because leaders are focused on urgent issues like food security and poverty
True
Output-based climate policy frameworks focus on limiting emissions totals.
true
Improving energy efficiency can help both economic growth and increase emissions
false
The Global Environment Facility was set up to fund projects on poverty and human health
False
Countries like South Africa rely heavily on this "indigenous" (home-grown) fuel, which makes it hard to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
What is coal
What kind of policy goal focuses on changing energy use or transport in specific sectors?
what si sectorial
Besides emission cuts, what is a local benefit of GHG mitigation in developing cities?
what is Better air quality
What common problem hinders coordination on climate within governments?
Institutional fragmentation
This term describes countries that are slowly moving from a government-run economy to a market-run one, leaving them "stuck in the middle
What is a "hybrid" state
Name one trade-off for countries shifting from coal to cleaner energy.
what is Income loss or higher cost
What Brazilian city is known for urban planning that helps lower emissions?
What is Curitiba
Integrating climate strategy is important with which top priority for developing nations?
what is Poverty or food security
A study on India found that a 2°C temperature rise would make this drop by 9%, and a 3.5°C rise would make it drop by nearly 25%
What is farm-level total net revenue (or agricultural income)?
Why do developing countries often resist output-based climate commitments?
what is Could hinder development
Name another environmental agreement (besides UNFCCC) relevant to climate in Brazil.
what is Biodiversity Convention
What is the main financial challenge for climate projects in least developed countries?
Limited fiscal space