Global
This government implementation can charge a cost for factories and corprations that emit CO2
Trump and Bolsonaro do not believe in this idea that is the central idea in Unit 2
Climate Change
You can thank the growing-middle class in this country for ranking number 1 in the world in Carbon Emissions
What is China?
Water stress or periods of no rain have hurt farmers in China, India, Australia, Chile, Bolivia, Ethiopia, and the Philippines.
What is a drought?
Put these on top of your house.... but they're expensive
What are solar panels?
This Ukrainian Nuclear Powerplant had a meltdown that destroyed its surrounding environment
What is Chernobyl?
American Football players put black paint underneath their eyes because... black absorbs the sun. This geoterm
What is Albedo?
Name three things that affect the Earth´s energy budget
Solar spots
Diming
clouds
Earth´s albedo -
Countries can ultimately buy and sell their emissions by enacting this IB GEO term.
The ability for a country to react to Climate Change - Bangladesh has a low _________. The Netherlands has a high __________
What is adaptive capacity?
Positive means change...Negative means no change...
Feedback Loop
Often synonymous with Climate change, but has to do with the Earth getting hotter
Global Warming
What is the (enhanced) greenhouse affect?
A chemical element with the symbol C and atomic number 6 + SHOE
Carbon Footprint
Trump pulled the US out of this agreement, but Biden just reinserted.
Someone who is forced to leave their home because of extreme weather, drought, or rising sea levels
What is a Climate Refugee?
South American fishermen first noticed periods of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean in the 1600s often referred to as this
What is El Nino?
The UN implemented these objectives to help mitigate the effectives of Climate Change
Hint: why did you go to Brasilia, Paraty, Petar, etc.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
What is Bangladesh?
Described as the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system, in class, we joked about Space Mirrors, but carbon storage may actually be a reasonable form of this.
Climate Geoengineering