QUIZ 1

Question 1

IPCC

Answer 1

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Question 2

COP

Answer 2

Conference of the Parties

Question 3

Why was COP created?

Answer 3

Under the leadership of the UN were created to help advance climate action globally

Question 4

UNFCCC

Answer 4

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Question 5

What did nations agreen to in Rio’s Earth Summit and what was the goal?

Answer 5

Nations agreed to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere
Goal: prevent dangerous interference from human activity on the climate system

Question 6

How often is COP held and why?

Answer 6

Every year since the treaty (UNFCCC) entered into force in 1994, COP is held to discuss how to move forward

Question 7

What is the Kyoto protocol? (2)

Answer 7

1997
Defined emission limits for developed nations to be achieved by 2012

Question 8

What is the Paris agreement? (3)

Answer 8

2015
Countries of the world agreed to step up efforts to limit global warming to 1.5℃ above pre-industrial temperatures & boost climate action financing
Annual 100$ billion goal from donor for lower-income countries (so far, 70$ billion have been mobilised)

Question 9

Why is the 1.5 degree critical?

Answer 9

will help stave off devastating permanent damage to the planet & its people (i.e: loss of habitat for animals in the Arctic/Antarctic, extreme heat, water scarcity, ocean acidification, loss of fish stock, increasing wildfires, forced migration, milder winters, CO2 absorption, changes in the water, clear water mixing with salt water, temperature changes…)

Question 10

What things are made out of petroleum?

Answer 10

Aspirin
Lipstick
Cameras
Balloons
Candles
Perfumes
Shampoo
Deodorant
Clothing
Furniture
Baby Strollers
Glue
Toothpaste
Sunglasses
Surfboards
Blenders
Crayons
Diapers
Telephones
Computer
Hair Dryer
Paint
Luggage
Toys
Umbrellas
Vitamins
Shaving Cream
Infant seats
Credit cards
Containers
Golf balls
Photographs
Slippers
Piano Keys
Contact Lenses

Question 11

OPEC

Answer 11

O.P.E.C.: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Question 12

What is peak oil?

Answer 12

scientists used to believe that we are running out of oil & the bottom line was that while consumption is ever increasing, production was felt to have peaked & was predicted to rapidly decline. Norway exports oil now, no need to concentrate on 1 country

Question 13

Oil producers ranking from 1 to 5 (1 is the country that produces the most)

Answer 13

1.USA
2. Saudi
3. Russia
4.Canada

Question 14

20% population is in a developed world but they are responsible for…

Answer 14

80% of commercial energy use
75% of timber
50% of fish and grain &
40% fresh water

Question 15

What is fracking (or shale oil) (3)

Answer 15

Hydraulic fracturing
Injecting liquid into the ground to make the petroleum rise up
Downside: poisons the water, earthquakes

Question 16

How much time is spent indoors?

Answer 16

80%

Question 17

Why sustainability?

Answer 17

Sustainability is the key to how an architecture of interior occupation can be fashioned to support healthy & productive life styles

Question 18

The ideal facility would have… (6)

Answer 18

• No negative impact on the environment
• Use only sustainable or renewable resources
• All materials would be returned to the manufacturer at the end of their useful life to be used as food for another material
• Be nurturing & restorative
• Aid productivity
• Produce a sense of well-being for its occupants

Question 19

Why are monasteries a good example of green building? (4)

Answer 19

produced their own food, created buildings from materials, captures & recycled water, & developed renewable energy technologies (in the form of water mills & windmills)

Question 20

What was theBedouin Tent? (4)

Answer 20

• Used by nomads wandering in deserts where the temperature often exceeds 50c, there’s no shade & virtually no air movement
• It’s transportable
• Coarse weave (goat hair) provides beautiful light inside & allows air to rise & be drawn through the fabric thus creating a breeze
• When it rains, the moisture causes the fibres to swell & create a tight enclosure

Question 21

What is a green building?

Answer 21

A healthy facility designed & built in a resource-efficient manner using ecologically based principles

Question 22

What is the Albedo Feedback Loop?

Answer 22

As we’re losing glaciers (white), we are getting left out w/darker landscapes = more heat absorption

Question 23

What is the methane loop?

Answer 23

Permafrost: soil in the arctic that’s always frozen, the soil underneath is made up of organic matter, because of climate change, it’s thawing = release of methane = more warming

Question 24

What are the 9 scenarios in the Uninhabitable Earth?

Answer 24

• Doomsday
• Heat Death
• The end of food
• Climate plagues
• Unbreathable air
• Perpetual war
• Permanent economic collapse
• Poisoned oceans
• The great filter

Question 25

What is fossil capitalism?

Answer 25

swift economic growth wasn’t due to innovation or trade or dynamics of global capitalisation, but the discovery of fossil fuels