Post-Exam - Climate Change

Question 1

Key Aspects of Climate Change

Answer 1

• It occurs quickly
• Half of all emissions from fossil fuels have been in the last thirty years
• There’s no immediate consequences
• There will an increase of four degrees by 2100 if no action is taken
• By 2050 many Asian or Middle Eastern cities will be uninhabitable due to the heat
• It is likely that there will be 2x the amount of water and 1/2 the amount of food
• There could be a decrease of up to 20% of all GDP
• It is likely to have a bigger impact than the Great Depression, and will be permanent
• It is already outside the window of historical temperatures

Question 2

Challenges to action

Answer 2

• Very vast and complicated
• It is unlikely that it will be able to be beaten
• The current world order is short sighted and nationalistic
• The rich and powerful who can contribute the most, will want to contribute the least
• Nuclear isn’t as competitive as renewable energies

Question 3

Causes

Answer 3

• Fossil fuels (half of all of their emissions being in the last thirty years)
• Oil and gas industry (Oil produces the largest amount of energy in the world, and gas is third)
• Concrete (If it was a country, it would be third in the world for emissions)
• All of these causes are anthropogenic