Climate Change Flashcards

(22 cards)

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IPCC

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Intergovernmental panel on climate change (assess CC related science, DON’T conduct or solve it)

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UNFCCC

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (more political, they help intergovernmental CC negotiations e.g. Conference of Parties)

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3
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Current temperatures trends predict

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4 degrees C at end of century

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Climate

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average weather over class period (usually 30 years)

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Climate system

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interactive system made up of atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, land surface and biosphere

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Cryosphere

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Water is solid form

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Biosphere

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regions occupied by living organisms

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Climate change

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change of climate that is attributed to human activities that alter the composition of the global atmosphere (directly or indirectly)

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Greenhouse effect

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Solar radiation passes through atmosphere, warming earth’s surface, infrared radiation emitted from earth’s surface, some absorbed by GHG warming surface and lower atmosphere

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Enhanced greenhouse effect

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Increase in GHG (anthropogenic) means more heat trapped.

NOTE: Greenhouse effect natural phenomena, without it earth = -18 degree C

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11
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CC has caused global warming of about…

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1 degree C above pre-industrial levels

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Paris Agreement 2015

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Long term temperature goal is to keep increase well below 2 degrees C and pursue efforts to limit increase to 1.5 degrees C

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13
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Worldwide emissions target

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Zero emissions by 2050

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14
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NZ emissions target

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reduce by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030

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15
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Adaption

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The process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects

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Vulnerability

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the propensity or predisposition to be adversely affected (capacity to adapt and cope)

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Risk

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the probability of occurrence of hazardous events or trends multiplied by the impacts if these events of trends occur (numerical value)

18
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People who are marginalised/treated as insignificant (often natives) are

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most vulnerable

19
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Climate related risk consists of

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hazard, exposure and vulnerability

20
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Hazard

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how much does the climate change

21
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exposure

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what kinds of assets of economic value are at risk

22
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Vulnerability

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sensitivity/potential harm for people in ecosystems