Climate Action
The 2015 international agreement aimed at limiting global warming to well below 2°C, signed by nearly every country in the world, is called the...
What is the Paris Agreement?
This type of battery is gaining traction as a renewable energy storage solution because of its high energy density and relatively low environmental impact.
What is a lithium-ion battery?
This type of economy focuses on reusing resources.
What is the circular economy?
This farming method grows food on vertical surfaces.
What is vertical farming?
This technique uses less water to grow crops.
What is drip irrigation?
This country, the largest emitter of carbon dioxide, has committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2060.
What is China?
This technology is used to capture carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and other industrial sources and store it underground to reduce atmospheric pollution.
What is carbon capture and storage (CCS)?
This process transforms waste materials into new products.
What is recycling?
This method involves rotating crops to improve soil health.
What is crop rotation?
This building feature collects rainwater for reuse.
What is a rainwater harvesting system?
This major environmental disaster, caused by an oil spill off the coast of this U.S. state, prompted major changes in environmental policy and regulation.
What is the Deepwater Horizon spill (in the Gulf of Mexico, near Louisiana)?
This is a method of converting waste materials such as plastic and food scraps into biofuel through a process known as anaerobic digestion.
What is biogas production?
This term refers to reducing waste and reusing items.
What is waste minimization?
This farming practice integrates trees and crops together.
What is agroforestry?
Percentage of Earth’s water that’s fresh?
What is 3%?
This global organization provides scientific information about climate change and advises governments on policy decisions.
What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?
This innovation uses sunlight to desalinate seawater.
What is solar desalination?
This company pioneered closed-loop recycling for bottles.
What is Coca-Cola (PlantBottle)?
This crop grows well in low-water conditions.
What is quinoa?
This practice reduces evaporation and conserves water in farming.
What is mulching?
This phenomenon, driven by climate change, refers to the melting of ice caps and glaciers, causing rising sea levels.
What is polar ice melt?
This alternative to traditional concrete is made from materials like hemp and is more sustainable because it requires less energy to produce.
What is hempcrete?
Which material is “urban mined” from old electronics?
What is gold?
This method uses livestock to naturally fertilize soil.
What is rotational grazing?
This landscaping method uses drought-tolerant plants.
What is xeriscaping?