Global Issues Flashcards
What are 2 types of climate change?
Natural and Human
What percentage has greenhouse gasses gone up since industrial revolution?
38%
Mitigation
an attempt to limit the amount of climate change by either reducing the source of GHG’s or enhance the stores
Adaption
the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and it’s effects.
What is an advantage of locally sourced food?
supports local businesses and keeps money locally away from global corporations and less food miles
What is the Aral Sea?
once a large lake in central Asia
What is the location of the Aral Sea?
The border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Fast fashion
inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass retailers in response to the latest trends
Environmental impacts of fast fashion
235million tonnes of clothes to landfill, 1,2bn tonnes of nCarbon emmission, 3781 lites of water used in Levi’s Jeans