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Lesson 4 Flashcards

1
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According to them, the grave risk of global warning was already anticipated but it has been long ignored

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Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich

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2
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Is most felt by the poorest regions in the planet

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Climate change impact

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3
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The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines

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Super Typhoon Yolanda

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4
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International name of Super Typhoon Yolanda

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Haiyan

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5
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How many did Yolanda kill?

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more than 6000 people

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How many did Yolanda injur?

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27,000

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7
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winds of Yolanda

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195 mph

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8
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Yolanda is equivalent to a Category __ storm

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Category 5 storm

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9
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Places that Yolanda hit

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Tacloban and Ormoc

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10
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Yolanda displaced how many people?

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4.1 million people

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11
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How many homes did Yolanda destroy?

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1.2 million homes

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12
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Is a different way of looking at man’s relationship w/ nature

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Deep ecology

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13
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In this sense is grounded in the interrelatedness of the species as a co-inhabitants in the planet

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Deep ecology

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14
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Should carry the heavier responsibility in terms of mitigating the impact of global warming on poor nations

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Industrial nations

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15
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Cooperation of ___ ___ is important in order to achieve the greater interest of humanity which is to save the planet

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every government

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16
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The greater interest of humanity

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save the planet

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17
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Is to keep asking more searching questions about the real meaning of human life, society, and nature

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Deep ecology

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18
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The source of the ideas of deep ecology

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Oriental

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19
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Oriental has two important aspects, name them

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Self-realization and biocentric equality

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20
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Is a spiritual in nature.

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Self-realization

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21
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Means that all things in the biosphere develop to reach their own unfolding or self-realization

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Biocentric equality

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22
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have no right to destroy nature just to serve their very selfish ends

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Human beings

23
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Bequeathed upon people the moral obligation to take care of all beings, including all non-sentient beings

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God

24
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Have simply looked on old spiritual practice and enlightenment as essentially subjective

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Western philosophers and intellectuals

25
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The ____ is that it seeks to solve our environmental problems in a holistic way

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value of deep ecology

26
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Are in contrast with the dominant world view of technocratic industrial societies

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Ecological consciousness and deep ecology

27
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We are always one with nature

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Deep ecology

28
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It’s holistic in the sense that is fuses together the spiritual and material aspect of human life

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Deep ecology

29
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Is simply a caretake of his environment

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Man

30
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Cannot claim of having full ownership of the creation around him

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Humans

31
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God created things around man, most especially the world in which he dwells, not for him to ____, ____, or ____, but to use in a responsible way

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abuse, manipulate, or exploit

32
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Requires that all improvements in the economic, scientific, physical, and social infrastructure of any country should not cause any huge harm to the environment

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Sustainable development

33
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It respects the relationship between human beings and their environment

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Sustainable development

34
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In sustainable development, this is always the given priority

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harmony with nature

35
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This is all about how people must design livable communities that freely interact with the natural environment

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stewardship

36
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Seeks to prioritize human needs above all

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Anthropocentrism

37
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From the ____, the destructive nature of mining makes it less of an ideal.

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point of view of sustainable development

38
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Our ____ to the environment and the attempt of using it at our own disposal indicates that we have no one else to blame on our environmental problems except ourselves

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self-centered approach

39
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States that the problem is about human selfishness

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Mary Midgley

40
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Is the paradigm that puts the human being above all else as the master of the planet

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Anthropocentrism

41
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Meaning of CFC

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Chlorofluorocarbon

42
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It has been identified as one of the causes of the gaping hole in the ozone layer

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CFC

43
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The U.S, being an industrial nation, accounts for ho many percent of carbon emission?

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25.8%

44
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Has currently overtaken the US as the biggest carbon emitter in the world

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China

45
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The Earth’s temperature is expected to rise by how many degrees Celsius by year 2050?

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2.5 degrees celsius

46
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The protocol was aimed at a fair distribution of responsibility of burden sharing

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Kyoto Protocol

47
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In order to effectively respond to the grave threat posed by abnormal weather patterns and disturbance caused by climate change, industrialized countries, except US, have signed this protocol in 1997.

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Kyoto Protocol

48
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Has been on top in meeting its carbon targets by 2020

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Europe

49
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This country takes the lead in the development and use of green energy

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Germany

50
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Are an important factor in the discussions on climate change.

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Human rights

51
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Are inalienable rights and entitlements that all emanate from our basic humanity

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Human rights

52
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Refers to the fair treatment of all people and the freedom from discrimination with the creation of policies and projects that seek to address and mitigate climate change, especially in the developing world.

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Climate justice

53
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The most fundamental task at hand of humans is to recognize the above what?

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moral responsibility

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