Chapter 9: Social- How Should Governments In Canafa Respond... Flashcards
Biodiversity
The number and variety of plant and animal species on earth, including genetic variations within individual species
Climate change
A rise in the average temp of the earth, primarily caused by emissions from burning fossil fuels
Environmental issue
They arise because of human activities that change the natural world
Ex: changes can occur in the environment when a factory releases pollution into the air or water, harming the land and animals… Also the living of humans!
Workers affected by environmental change
Construction or oil rig workers will get laid off if the resource is low due to environmental issues
Companies affected by environmental issues
Forestry and oil companies could become slow on demand for product if the actual resource they provide has been reduced due to a natural disaster
Environmental organizations that happen due to environmental issues
School environment clubs and provincial or national organizations are affected by the sudden change in the environment, causing them to take action
Consumers affected by environmental issues
Because they create demand for products and services, if the resource were to be reduced due to the environmental issue… The consumers would be mad at the loss of the product at the time
Governments affected by environmental issues
Because if the values that shape political parties, causes them to take action if the country is under an environmental issue
Aboriginals affected by environmental change
Because their collective rights include rights to land and resources and their traditional ways to connect to wildlife and the land will be corrupt due to the sudden change in resources or land due to human causes or natural disasters
What or who causes environmental issues?
The oil sands in Canada create many environmental issues due to the loss of land and the emitting of greenhouse gases
The emitting of greenhouse gases leads to further issues such as global warming
We kinda caused this ourselves by releasing so many pollutants that we could try to control
GHG’s
Greenhouse gases
They are CO2 emissions (and other gases) that are building up throughout the globe
Actions are being made to start reducing these emissions
They can Be created by factories or vehicles and harms the environment
What is being cause by the rising temperature in North America?
Decline in abundance of fresh water
Loss of wildlife that cannot adapt
More extreme weather events such as storms and droughts
Longer growing seasons by possible increased crop and forest growth
Flooding along coast lines due to melting of ice
What regions in Canada are most affected by the rise in temp?
The northern regions of Nunavut and along the coast of some countries such as Northwest Territories that are near the Atlantic Ocean
They have an average temp shift at its worst of more than 20•c or closer to 10-20•countries
Some endangered species of Canada…
Buffalo, whales, caribou and Swift Fox
Distribution of Inuit population throughout Canada
The most Inuits have traveled to Iqaluit (200+) and others have dispersed closer to that region and up north… There are very few in the Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Manitoba regions