L10 - Nordic Light Flashcards

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What does rising affluence lead to?

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  • Demand increases (people want exotic fruit all year round)
  • People can also invest in alternative sources such as:
    — LED Bulbs
    — Nuclear Energy
    — Renewables
  • This helps avoid fossil fuels
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What do environmental concerns lead to?

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  • Greater Research
  • Better communication about dangers of fossil fuels
  • Global movement towards more sustainable energy
    HOWEVER:
  • This could be motivated by political and power concerns
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What does and increased education lead to?

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  • Increased awareness (from schools and programmes)
  • Ecological and Carbon footprint make abstract ideas more understandable
  • People feel more guilty about use of fossil fuels such as:
    — Food Miles
    — Car Emissions
    — Gas and Electricity Use
    SO:
  • People are more open to change (may buy local organic food)
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What is the overall aim?

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  • Technological Solution are used to:
    — Increase Energy Supply
    — Decrease Energy Demand

If no action is taken,
our energy mix could have a catastrophic impact on climate change

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What is the carbon footprint?

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A measure of the amount of greenhouse gases generated:

  • By the activities of an individual or organisation
  • Or by a product over its lifetime
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What is an ecological footprint?

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A measure of how much land is needed to support an individual’s lifestyle

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What factors are key in measuring carbon and ecological footprint?

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  • Food (How much meat eaten, food wastage)
  • Home (Size and number of people in house)
  • Travel (What kind of transport used)
  • Lifestyle (What money is spent on)
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What does Sweden hope to achieve by 2050?

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Reduce net carbon emissions to 0

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How has Sweden’s governance pushed sustainability?

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  • Carbon tax of 20%
  • Dissuades people from consuming
  • Subsidies offered for low-carbon vehicles
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What type of graph is the Kuznet graph?

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A bell curve:

  • Income rises with environmental degradation
  • and peaks at the industrial stage (aka Income Turning Point)
  • Afterwards, as income rises
  • environmental degradation decreases
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What is decoupling?

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The concept of being able to increase economic development

while being able to increase protection of environment (decrease environmental degradation)

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What can good governance lead to?

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  • Decoupling

- Reinvesting money to reduce impact on environment (Kuznet Curve)

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