Key Players in Climate Change

Question 1

What effort did businesses make between 1989-2002?

Answer 1

Formed the Global Climate Coalition

Question 2

Who did the Global Climate Coalition include

Answer 2

BP, Ford etc.

Question 3

When did members begin leaving the Global Climate Coalition

Answer 3

2002

Question 4

Name X4 reason why businesses may join in efforts to reduce climate change

Answer 4

• public pressure
• fears about energy supply (high oil prices)
• government imposed carbon taxes
• new green technologies = new markets

Question 5

When was Local Agenda 21 created

Answer 5

1992 Rio Earth Summit

Question 6

In 2007 what was launched in London

Answer 6

Action Today to Protect Tomorrow plan

Question 7

What did the London Action Today to Protect Tomorrow plan aim to do

Answer 7

Cut emissions to 30% of 1990 levels by 2025

Question 8

Name strategies included in the London Action Today to Protect Tomorrow

Answer 8

raising congestion charge to £25 for heavy polluting vehicles

Green Homes Program - subsidising insulation in council homes

Question 9

Name X32 strategies individuals can adopt to reduce their individual ecological footprint

Answer 9

buy locally produced food

energy-efficient light bulbs

Question 10

How much energy is used in an energy-efficient lightbulb

Answer 10

70% less than standard lightbulbs

Question 11

Switching every lightbulb in London to energy-efficient would save what?

Answer 11

575,000 tonnes of CO2 annually

Question 12

Name a target the UK has set for climate change

Answer 12

20% renewable sources by 2020

Question 13

Name X2 concerns about renewable energy the UK has

Answer 13

Land use planning - NIMBYism
offshore wind farms are £££

Other sources needed as standbys not 100% reliable

Question 14

What has the USA done in terms of biofuels

Answer 14

subsidised maize farmers to grow biofuel crops = reduces oil usage

Question 15

What problem does growing crops for biofuels have

Answer 15

food shortages and increased prices

e.g 2007 Mexico riots over maize price = X4 higher

Question 16

In the UK what is tax on cars based on

Answer 16

carbon dioxide emissions

Question 17

What is the EU ETS

Answer 17

EU Emission Trading Scheme

Question 18

What does the EU ETS act as

Answer 18

a cap and trade system

Question 19

Who are Climate Crusaders

Answer 19

those who are famous and promote the climate change message

Question 20

What did Coldplay do as Climate Crusaders?

Answer 20

buy 10,000 mango trees for villages in India

Question 21

What did Coldplays 10,000 mango trees make up for

Answer 21

offset carbon emitted in making CDs ‘rush of blood to the head’ album

Question 22

Who produced the film AN Inconvenient Truth

Answer 22

Al Gore

Question 23

What has Walmart’s new green CEO pledged to do

Answer 23

cut Co2 emissions in stores by 20%

Question 24

Which village in Scotland has bought a local wind turbine?

Answer 24

Fintry

Question 25

What did Fintry, Scotland, pay to purchase a wind-turbine

Answer 25

£2.5million

Question 26

What has money from the FIntry project been invested into

Answer 26

insulation of local housing

Question 27

insulation of housing can save up to what $$$ on heating bills

Answer 27

£600

Question 28

Name a green invention

Answer 28

Tesola - Green Car

Question 29

How far can the Tesola travel on one charge

Answer 29

200-300 miles

Question 30

Name a disadvantage of the Tesola

Answer 30

close to £100,000

very expensive

Question 31

Name X3 strategies Tesco is using to mitigate

Answer 31

energy for baking comes from recycled vegetable oil

toilet water = rainwater

gas used in freezers = less harmful to the ozone

Question 32

What has Tesco’s done to make green products accessible

Answer 32

have begun ‘carbon-labelling’ products

reduced cost of energy-efficient lightbulbs - 4 for 40p

Question 33

Name a strategy Tesco is using in its vehicles to be sustainable

Answer 33

Trucks run on methane from rotting food that would otherwise be put in landfill