Environement and Resource Consumption Flashcards
Explain landscape scarring?
Opencast mining removes vegetation and scars landscape
Example of somewhere that landscape scarring has taken place?
Drakelands pit in Devon, where there was localised noise and air pollution and may contaminate ground water
Example of an oil spill?
2010 BP oil spill in the gulf of mexico
What happened in the 2010 BP oil spill?
450 million tons of oil polluted the sea. Chemicals used to reduce oil slick damaged marine life and coastal wildlife
By how much did Brazils food production increase between 2002 and 2012?
26%
Example of removal of forests?
forest cleared in Brazil to grow food. Brazils cattle ranching is largest in the world. Meat production requires intensive use of resources
By how much is the global middle class growing?
by 500 million between 2000 and 2014
How many people were middle class in China in 2016?
150 million
How much have various consumer products grown by in china?
- Cereal consumption up by 364%
- meat consumption up by 99%
- pharmaceuticals consumption up by 133%
What are the environmental consequences of more mobile phones?
Crude oil used in plastics and mineral shortage of things used such as nickel
Which country refused to ratify the Kyoto protocol and when?
The USA in 2001
Why is there a lack of climate change action in the USA?
- scepticisim, with only 49% of population believing it is due to human action
- right wing opposition to government intervention in favour of unfettered growth of buisness
What is China’s environmental management situation?
- use of resources motivated by national pride
- poor global reputation for pollution
- measures being taken by Chinese companies now some of the biggest clean energy companies
How is Russia reducing emissions?
use of nanotechnologies and energy efficency laws
