Climate Action
This gas is the primary driver of global warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
This common plastic waste is deadly to marine life.
What is a plastic bag?
This is the destruction of large forest areas, especially in the Amazon.
What is deforestation?
This term refers to unequal access to wealth and resources.
What is inequality?
A society with no conflict is said to be at this state.
What is peace?
The 2015 agreement to limit global warming is called this.
What is the Paris Agreement?
The term for the overharvesting of fish from oceans.
What is overfishing?
This word describes the variety of plant and animal life on Earth.
What is biodiversity?
These two metrics measure inequality between the rich and poor.
What are income and wealth?
This practice undermines governance and trust in public institutions.
What is corruption?
This is the process of shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
What is energy transition?
These floating islands of plastic are found in ocean gyres.
What are garbage patches?
This expanding process turns fertile land into desert.
What is desertification?
This group often faces systemic discrimination worldwide.
Who are minorities?
An independent system of courts is essential to this principle.
What is the rule of law?
The phenomenon where melting ice leads to more heat absorption.
What is the albedo effect?
This process causes ocean water to become more acidic.
What is ocean acidification?
These fires destroy millions of acres of habitat every year.
What are wildfires?
The economic gap between developing and developed countries is called this.
What is the North-South divide?
The United Nations was created in 1945 to promote this.
What is international peace and security?
This country is currently the largest emitter of CO₂.
What is China?
This international treaty aims to protect marine biodiversity.
What is the UN High Seas Treaty?
This primate is critically endangered due to deforestation in Borneo.
What is the orangutan?
This index measures income distribution in a population.
What is the Gini coefficient?
This international court prosecutes war crimes and crimes against humanity.
What is the International Criminal Court (ICC)?