Climate Change Flashcards
This is a type of energy that is acquired from natural sources like light, wind, water, or geothermal heat.
Renewable Energy
Scientists agree that to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, countries must immediately move away from dirty energy sources like coal, oil and gas, and instead turn to energy sources like wind, solar or nuclear power.
Renewable Energy
Offshore wind farms hold immense potential for clean energy generation. They operate by harnessing the power of wind turbines installed in bodies of water, typically oceans or large lakes. These turbines convert wind energy into electricity, which is then transmitted to shore for distribution. Offshore wind farms offer several advantages, including stronger and more consistent winds compared to onshore locations, which results in higher electricity generation efficiency.
Renewable Energy
These are substances used in cooling systems like air conditioning units and refrigerators, absorbing heat from the environment and releasing it elsewhere.
Refrigerants
It’s not the most exciting solution to climate change, but it is one of the most effective.
Refrigerants
Making refrigerants more efficient is a highly impactful yet often overlooked solution to climate change. Air conditioners and refrigeration systems rely on refrigerants that are potent greenhouse gases. By improving the efficiency of these systems and transitioning to low-global-warming-potential refrigerants, significant reductions in emissions can be achieved.
Refrigerants
These involve the use of low-emission vehicles, public transit, cycling, walking, and improving fuel efficiency.
Transportation
Across the globe, governments are focused on limiting one of the world’s biggest sources of pollution: gasoline-powered cars.
Transportation
Electric vehicles (EVs) offer a promising solution to reduce emissions from transportation. Governments and industries are investing in EV infrastructure and technology to overcome challenges such as battery range, charging infrastructure, and cost. Additionally, rethinking transit systems by promoting public transportation, cycling, and walking can further reduce emissions and alleviate traffic congestion.
Transportation
These involve reducing emissions from sources like agriculture, fossil fuels, and waste management, and capturing and utilizing methane that would otherwise be wasted.
Methane Emissions
This is a potent greenhouse gas with a much higher warming potential than carbon dioxide over a shorter time frame. Targeting methane emissions from sources such as agriculture (livestock, rice paddies), landfills, and fossil fuel extraction can provide immediate benefits in the fight against climate change. Methods such as improving waste management, dietary changes to reduce methane-intensive foods, and methane capture technologies can help mitigate emissions.
Methane
These involves practices like crop rotation, organic farming, and precision agriculture that enhance soil health and reduce chemical use.
Agriculture
Efforts to limit global warming often target fossil fuels, but cutting greenhouse gases from food production is urgent, too, research says.
Agriculture
These practices can play a significant role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This includes practices such as precision farming, crop rotation, reduced tillage, and improved livestock management. Additionally, transitioning towards plant-based diets or alternative protein sources can reduce the carbon footprint associated with food production.
Agriculture
These involves protecting, managing, and restoring natural ecosystems to address societal challenges.
Nature Conservation
Scientists agree that reversing biodiversity loss is a crucial way to slow climate change.
Nature conservation
Protecting and restoring ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, and mangroves can sequester carbon dioxide and enhance biodiversity. Indigenous communities often possess traditional knowledge and practices that contribute to sustainable land management and conservation efforts. Supporting indigenous-led conservation initiatives and promoting sustainable land-use practices are essential for both climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation.
Nature conservation
This is a technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes and then transports and stores them in underground geological formations.
Carbon Capture
Eliminating emissions alone may not be enough to avoid some of the worst effects of climate change, so some companies are investing in technology that sucks carbon dioxide out of the air.
Carbon Capture
Engineered carbon removal technologies aim to capture carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere or from industrial sources and store it underground or utilize it for other purposes. While still in the early stages of development, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies have the potential to complement emissions reduction efforts, particularly in sectors where decarbonization is challenging, such as heavy industry and aviation.
Addressing climate change requires a comprehensive and multifaceted approach, involving policy interventions, technological innovations, and societal transformations across various sectors. Collaboration between governments, industries, communities, and individuals is essential to effectively tackle the climate crisis and build a sustainable future.
Carbon Capture
