Agriculture
The cause of more severe droughts and floods in recent history
Anthropogenic climate change
This type of energy causes the most conflict - social, political, and economic
Renwable energy
The gender that suffers invariably the most during climate change: 80% of people displaced by climate change are ____
Women: Roles as primary caregivers and providers of food and fuel make them more vulnerable when flooding and drought occur.
This country builds two wind turbines per hour
China
Agriculture accounts for ___% of total global freshwater withdrawls
70%
The most dangerous and typically unjust type of renewable energy
Hydropower
Father of Environmental Justice
Robert Bullard
The World’s Largest Dam, that Provides Both Brazil & Paraguay With Electricity
The Itaipu Dam
Air pollution alone kills millions of people annually. What is one simple solution?
Electric stoves
Amount of $ required to finance water, sanitation, and wastewater treatment through 2015 in developing countries alone
100 B
Total number of deaths per year resulting from air, soil, and water pollution (as of 2021)
More than 10M
In 2016, this country powered their entire nation for 4 consecutive days through a combination of wind, solar and hydro-generated electricity
Portugal
Five States accounted for 52 percent of total irrigated acreage
—California, Nebraska, Texas, Arkansas, and Idaho—
Food production and supply chain account for ___% of total global energy consumption
30%
# of premature deaths of nonwhites in the U.S. in 2010 as a result of heart disease linked to air or water pollution
5,000
The Great Pacific Grabage Patch is around twice the size of this US State.
Texas
By 2050 global food production needs to be increased by X amount feed more than 9M people
50-60%
____% of global power generation is water intensive
90%
Which author wrote an article arguing that Native Americans have suffered a disproportionate loss of water rights?
Kate Berry
The United Nations Environmental Program estimates that this many micro plastic particles are already in the ocean.
51 Trillion