Lecture 3-Environmental Indicators

Question 1

Polluter Pays def

Answer 1

polluters are held financially accountable for their actions (including bearing the cost of environmental remediation), that they do not profit from illegal activity and that they do not gain a competitive advantage over law abiding operators

Question 2

what does IPPC stand for

Answer 2

Integrated Pollution Prevention
and Control

Question 3

what year has The EPA has been licensing specific activities since

Answer 3

1994

Question 4

what is IPPC licenses aim

Answer 4

to prevent or reduce emissions to air, water and land, reduce waste and use energy/ resources efficiently

Question 5

what does DPSIR stand for

Answer 5

drivers, pressures, state, impact
and response

Question 6

what is the model of intervention DPSIR

Answer 6

It is a causal framework for describing the interactions between society and the
environment

Question 7

How to assess Environmental Quality

Answer 7

Choose and use
environmental Indicators
Data collection
Publish Assessment reports

Question 8

Environmental indicators def

Answer 8

are (supposedly simple) measures that tell us what is happening in the environment

Question 9

In relation to policy-making, environmental indicators what are used for three major purposes

Answer 9

1. to supply information on environmental problems, in
   order to enable policy-makers to value their seriousness
2. To support policy development and priority setting, by
   identifying key factors that cause pressure on the
   environment
3. To monitor the effects of policy responses.

Question 10

what temperatures in Ireland have increased over the period 1900-2020

Answer 10

about 0.9°C, an average of about 0.08°C per
decade

Question 11

what average annual national rainfall
increased in the period 1981 to 2010

Answer 11

0 mm or 5%, compared to the 30-year period 1961 to 1990