questionaire geo6 chap 2 Flashcards
Countries with higher population growth rates are typically also poorer, have lower carbon footprints per capita and experience slower growths in income per capita. For this reason, increased population does not always lead to increased consumption or resource use. It should be stressed that population dynamics and population growth do not in themselves lead to an unsustainable environmental path. Rather, this path is the result of population growth happening with the current consumption and production patterns.
true or false?
true
Slightly more than half of the world’s population is currently living in urban areas, a share that is expected to rise to 60 per cent by 2030 and 66.4 per cent by 2050. Urban areas have higher incomes and consumption, greater access to political power, higher rates of economic growth, and place a high pressure on natural resources, in such a way that even improving our efficiency in managing the cities, urbanization is not contributing with the achievement of SDGs.
true or false
false
The SDGs can be loosely grouped into three categories: human development, economic development, and environment, this later ensuring that the agenda of poverty eradication is protected against ecological threats.
true or false
true
According to the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC (2014), the world has entered an era of committed climate change. “A large fraction of anthropogenic climate change resulting from CO2 emissions is irreversible on a multi-century to millennial time scale, except in the case of a large net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere over a sustained period” (IPCC 2013, p. 28).
true or false
true
Technology can be a positive and a negative driver of environmental change. Existing scientific analyses of technology issues often fail to capture the important negative/ rebound effects of the systematic impact of technologies. Motor vehicles and electricity represent two of the most important technological breakthroughs of the 20th century, and fortunately their negative environmental and resource impacts will be removed with the help of new technology before the enf of the 21st century.
true or false
false
The five drivers of environmental change are:
a) population, economic development, technology, urbanization and climate change
b)Population, pollution, technology, urbanization, and climate change.
c) Loss of biodiversity, population, technology, urbanization, and climate change
d) None of above are true.
a) Population, economic development, technology, urbanization, and climate change.
economic development:
a) Is a synonym of economic growth.
b) Does not consider social factors but includes environmental one.
c) Includes factors such as social equity, poverty eradication, and the meeting of basic human needs.
d) All of above are true.
c) Includes factors such as social equity, poverty eradication, and the meeting of basic human needs.
In the future:
a) The need for energy will decrease.
b) We will need less energy because we will not need to reduce the consumption of material resources.
c) We will need a major shift towards affordable and sustainable energy resources, to avoid catastrophic climate change.
d) None of above.
c) We will need a major shift towards affordable and sustainable energy resources, to avoid catastrophic climate change.
Electronic waste:
a) Is a major environmental problem since it is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world.
b) Is not a major environmental problem, as electronic items are easily recycled.
c) Was a major environmental problem in the past, but its production has now decreased
d) None of above.
a) Is a major environmental problem since it is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world.
Committed climate change means:
a) That climate change is only dependent on future emissions.
b) That global warming trends will continue for years, even if CO2 emissions cease completely.
c) The world population is now more committed to fight climate change
d) None of above.
b) That global warming trends will continue for years, even if CO2 emissions cease completely.
