General

Question 1

How many hectares of forest in BC?

Answer 1

~60 million hectares

Question 2

Canadas annual GHG emissions

Answer 2

~ 670 MtCO2e

Question 3

UNFCCC

Answer 3

United Nations framework convention on climate change

Question 4

UNFCCC date year

Answer 4

1992

Question 5

REDD+

Answer 5

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation

Question 6

What year was Kyoto protocol effective?

Answer 6

2005

Question 7

What does the Kyoto protocol do?

Answer 7

Commits industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce GHG emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets

Question 8

What is the Paris agreement?

Answer 8

a legally binding international treaty on climate change

Question 9

When did the Paris Agreement come into effect?

Answer 9

2016

Question 10

What is the goal of the Paris Agreement?

Answer 10

Mitigate global warming by

Hold the increase in the global average temperatures to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels, and pursue efforts to limit the increase to above 1.5C

Question 11

What are NDCs?

Answer 11

Nationally Determined Contributions
climate action goals carried out by countries, also known as
National Climate Action plans

Question 12

What are LT-LEDS

Answer 12

Long-term Low GHG Development Strategies

Question 13

What are ETFs?

Answer 13

Enhanced Transparency Framework
Starting 2024, countries in Paris Agreement will report transparently on actions taken and progress in climate change mitigation, adaptation measures and support provided or received

Question 14

What is FCOP 2.0?

Answer 14

The BC governments

Question 15

What are HNLC areas?

Answer 15

High nutrient, low chlorophyll (in the ocean)

Question 16

What is the limiting factor for plankton growth in HNLC areas?

Answer 16

Iron

Question 17

How can HNLC areas be converted into areas that sequester CO2?

Answer 17

By manually fertilizing the ocean with iron to induce algal blooms which will capture CO2 through photosynthesis

Question 18

When and where was the first iron fertilization experiment carried out?

Answer 18

Close to the Galápagos Islands in 1993

Question 19

When was the worst fire year in Canada?

Answer 19

2023

Question 20

How much area burned in 2023, Canada’s worst ever fire year?

Answer 20

> 18 Million hectares

Question 21

What is the role of wood based products in a carbon perspective?

Answer 21

Wood products store more carbon than other more carbon-intensive materials

Question 22

~ How many forestry workers are in Canada?

Answer 22

200,000 in rural and northern communities

Question 23

Where and when was the first UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting? (This would’ve been COP1 !)

Answer 23

Germany in 1995

Question 24

Which was the first province in Canada to put a price on carbon?

Answer 24

Alberta

Question 25

In what year did Alberta become the first province to put a price on carbon?

Answer 25

2007

Question 26

What’s the target price for carbon pollution ($CAD/tonne CO2e) for 2030?

Answer 26

$170

Question 27

What are the incremental increases in the federal tax until 2030?

Answer 27

$15/year starting at $65/tonne in 2023