Global Issues Flashcards

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What are 2 types of climate change?

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Natural and Human

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What percentage has greenhouse gasses gone up since industrial revolution?

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38%

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Mitigation

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an attempt to limit the amount of climate change by either reducing the source of GHG’s or enhance the stores

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Adaption

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the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and it’s effects.

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What is an advantage of locally sourced food?

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supports local businesses and keeps money locally away from global corporations and less food miles

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What is the Aral Sea?

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once a large lake in central Asia

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What is the location of the Aral Sea?

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The border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

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Fast fashion

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inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass retailers in response to the latest trends

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Environmental impacts of fast fashion

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235million tonnes of clothes to landfill, 1,2bn tonnes of nCarbon emmission, 3781 lites of water used in Levi’s Jeans

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