Causes
CO2
What is Carbon Dioxide
GHG Emissions
What is the main cause of Climate Change
Heat Waves
What event kills more people than all natural disasters
Trees
What natural solution provides Carbon Sequestration, Cooling Effect, Flood Mitigation and Biodiversity Support.
ESRAG
What is the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group
Methane
What gas, often released from cows and landfills, is over 25 times more potent at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.
Weather - Climate
What is the difference between Weather and Climate?
Climate is the average of weather patterns in a specific area over a longer period of time, usually 30 or more years.
Weather refers to atmospheric conditions at a particular time in a particular location,
Major Flooding
What increase has climate change had on major floods. As much as 40% more likely and 10% more intense because of climate change.
Energy Efficiency
What is the cheapest way to reduce power demand?
Sustainable Rotary
What can Rotary clubs do to make a difference in their own community?
Combustion
What is the process of burning fossil fuels contributes to a significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions.
Political Hoax
What is one of lies claimed by the oil Companies?
3 to 5 Feet
How much sea level rise is currently projected off the coast of Delaware by 2100?
Food Waste
What is the number one ation that people can take?
Learn & Share
What are some of the most effective ways of engaging folks for Climate Change? Education and Communication
Deforestation
What is the clearing of trees for development & agriculture that adds to climate change
Doomsday Glacier
What is the Thwaites Glacier , which will add 2 feet of Sea Level Rise
3 to 6 Billion
How many climate refugees may find themselves outside Earth’s livable regions by 2100?
All Electric
What strategy can most quickly reduce carbon emissions
Solar Habitat
What partnership does Rotary have to solarize low inicome homes
Ocean Pollution
What is one of the reasons that caus oceans to reduce their sustainability
Anthropocene
What is the term that refers to the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment
Food insecurity
What is one the greatest impact that harms people today
Project Drawdown
What is a collection of the top 80 active solutions to lowering our atmospheric CO2 content?
Solar Lights
What program that brings solar powered lighting to at-risk populations