IPCC report

Question 1

what is the IPCC report?

Answer 1

special report on the impacts of global warming if 1.5 degrees C increase.

Question 2

how do we reduce GHG’s?

Answer 2

geoengineering? there are 2 mitigation processes

Question 3

what are the 2 mitigation pathways to reduce GHG’s?

Answer 3

stabilising global temperature at/below 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels
or exceed 1.5 degrees at around 2050, remain for a few decades and then return to below 1.5 by 2100

Question 4

what does GHG stand for?

Answer 4

greenhouse gases.

Question 5

what are the 4 pathways for reducing GHG’s?

Answer 5

P1, P2, P3, and P4- all have different levels of CO2 per year

Question 6

what is P1 in the pathway to reduce GHG?

Answer 6

lower energy demand, while living standard rise. CO2 emissions are evenly distributed, rapid decarbonisation of energy supply. afforestation is only a CDR option. neither fossil fuels or BECCs are used. with this pathway, we have to leave fossil fuels by 2020.

Question 7

what is P2 in the pathway to reducing GHG?

Answer 7

sustainability including energy intensity, human development, international cooperation.. low carbon technology, well managed and systems.

Question 8

what is P3 in the pathway to reducing GHG?

Answer 8

middle of the road scenarios. historical patterns, achieved by changing ways of energy and products.

Question 9

what is P4 in the pathway to reducing GHG?

Answer 9

business as usual. resource and energy-intensive scenario. adoption of greenhouse gas-intensive lifestyles. emission reductions are mainly achieved through technological means.

Question 10

which pathway is the only one which would allow is to not go over 1.5 degrees by 2050?

Answer 10

P1.

Question 11

what happens if the overshoot is large?

Answer 11

the larger and longer overshoot, the greater the reliance on practices or technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere, on top of reducing the sources of emissions.

Question 12

whats wrong with CO2 removal techniques?

Answer 12

end up competing for land and water. and larger and longer overshoot, increase the risk for irreversible climate impacts.

Question 13

what is charismatic mega fauras?

Answer 13

poster animals that are critical for changes in climate. shows how ecosystems are changing. shows awareness.

Question 14

what was the guardian coverage for the IPCC report?

Answer 14

very high certainty facts.

Question 15

how many peer-based reviewed studies did IPCC use?

Answer 15

70

Question 16

what does climate relate risks to?

Answer 16

health, livelihood, food, water supply, economic growths.

Question 17

what is the biggest difference of species in the temperature change?

Answer 17

coral reefs. 25% of all marine species replies on coral reefs. vulnerable to hotter and more acidic water. the rise of 1.5 degrees will lose 80% of all coral reefs.

Question 18

what are the changes of no remaining artic sea ice?

Answer 18

summer with no remaining arctic sea ice, 10 x more likely at 2 degrees than 1.5 degrees.

Question 19

what is connected to the dissapearing sea ice?

Answer 19

the jet stream is connected to sea ice, which causes weather systems to get stuck in place, leading to heatwaves, floods, and droughts.

Question 20

how has the volume of sea ice declined?

Answer 20

7-% in the past 40 years.

Question 21

what does IPCC conclude about 2 degrees of global warming compared to 1.5 degree world?

Answer 21

lead to more heat-related deaths, smaller crop yields, worse extreme weather events, slower economic growth, more people on poverty, increase in population facing water stress by up to 50%, compared to a 1.5 degree world

Question 22

how has the level of global warming affect impacts with the reasons for concern systems?

Answer 22

5 RFC illsutrate impacts and risks of different levels of global warming for people, economies, ecosystems.

Question 23

what does RFC stand for?

Answer 23

Reasons for Concern

Question 24

what does purple represent in the RFC graphs?

Answer 24

very high risks of severe impacts and the presence of significant irreversibililty or the persistence of climate-related hazards, and the ability to adapt due to the nature of the hazard

Question 25

what does red represent in the RFC graphs?

Answer 25

severe and widespread.

Question 26

what deos yellow and white represent in the RFC graphs?

Answer 26

risks are detectable and attributable to climate change, and no impacts are detectable.

Question 27

what are the 5 reasons for concern?

Answer 27

threatened systems, extreme weather events, global aggregate impact, larger-scale singular events.

Question 28

what are the 10 natural, managened and human systems?

Answer 28

warm-water corals, mangroves, small scale fisheries, artic region, terrestrial ecosystem, coastal flooding, fluvial flooding, crop yields, tourism, heat-related morbidit,y and mortality.

Question 29

what is the most affected natural system?

Answer 29

warm water corals and artic region, with large purple colours.

Question 30

what is the msot affected RFC?

Answer 30

unique and threatened systems

Question 31

what is the direct relationship between increasing temperature?

Answer 31

intensifying storms, elevated thermal stress, loss of tropical coral reefs.

Question 32

what are the top 10 countries for all emissions?

Answer 32

china, united states, EU, india, russia, japan, braxil, indionesia, canada, mexico.

Question 33

what are the 3 areas which all emmisions go to?

Answer 33

largest is energy, then agriculture and industry.

Question 34

what fundamental cahnges are needed in the world to help?

Answer 34

transportation, agriculture, housing, infrastructure.

Question 35

what does IPCC say about global CO2 emissions?

Answer 35

they will have to have halved by 2030, and reduce more or less by 0 by 2050. this would still not be enough.