Stratagies To Reduce Climate Change

Question 1

State 6 stratagies to reduce climate change

Answer 1

Improving energy efficiency
Carbon taxes
Carbon trading
Renewable energy
Forestry
The great green wall

Question 2

Explain improving energy efficiency

Answer 2

To reduce the amount of energy needed to be generated to deal with energy demands e.g. increased home insulation and low energy light bulbs

Question 3

Evaluate improving energy efficiency

Answer 3

Positive : not usinv as mucb energy, less emissions

Negative: needs to be undertaken by individuals, not everyone will

Question 4

Explain carbon taxes

Answer 4

Makes those responsible for emissions to pag and encourage them to find other methods that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Question 5

Evaluate carbon taxes

Answer 5

Positive: large emitters will be encouraged to cut down their emissions.
Negative : hard to measure emissions, difficult to know how much they need to pay.

Question 6

Explain carbon trading

Answer 6

Countries are given limits on the amount of emissions tgey are allowed. If they need to go above then they will have to purchase from other countries that have prodiced less carbon than their quota.

Question 7

Evaluate carbon trading

Answer 7

Positive: developing countries can gain money
Negative: not stopping bug emitters

Question 8

Explain renewable energy

Answer 8

Is used to provide non carbon based sources of power through the burning of fossil fuels e.g. wind,solar,hep, wave and nuclear energy

Question 9

Evaluate renewable energy

Answer 9

Positive : not prodicing harmful emissions

Negative: causes conflicts of visual pollution and cant store energy

Question 10

Explain forestry

Answer 10

To replace trees bejbg cleared in order to restore and enhance the ability of forests to act as carbon sinks

Question 11

Evaluate forestry

Answer 11

Positive: more carbon sinks
Negative: takes around 40 years to reach maturity

Question 12

Explain the great green wall

Answer 12

Growing a greenwa across the sahel restores degraded land and build local resiliance to climate change in a region where temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else on earth.

Question 13

Evaluate the great green wall

Answer 13

Positive : bringing more biodiversity back to the area

Negative : if plants are not native, they might not survive