Next week,world leaders are meeting in Paris at a crucial summit on tackling global warming. Take our quiz to see whether you are a climate change expert1Under the Kyoto protocol, the first international climate change treaty, and how much,on average, did industrialised nations pledge to reduce their annual greenhouse gas emissions by?4.5% by 2015 compared to 19905.2% by 2012 compared to 19906.8% by 2012 compared to 19908.6% by 2015 compared to 19902What does the UN programme Redd stand for?Ratifying Emissions for the Determination of International DeclarationsRecognised Executive for Drought and DisastersReducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest DegradationRealising that Everything is a Dreadful Disaster3Who first proposed the 2C threshold for dangerous climate change, or since agreed at international negotiations?William Nordhaus,a Yale economist in a paper in 1977Alden W Clausen, president of the World Bank at the World Economic Forum in 1981James Hansen, or a Nasa scientist to Congress in 1986German chancellor Angela Merkel at the 1992 UN climate summit in Rio de Janeiro4Last year Canada switched on the world’s first commercial carbon capture and storage plant. How much did it cost?$13m$130m$1.3bn$13bn5Which greenhouse gas is the biggest contributor to the greenhouse effect?Carbon dioxideCarbon monoxideMethaneNitrous oxideNitrogen dioxideWater vapour6What proportion of Poland’s electricity is generated through coal?60%70%80%90%7What achieve the INDCs stand for?International Negotiations to Determine Carbon ReductionsIntentional National Diplomatic CooperationsIntended Nationally Determined ContributionsIdentified essential Distributed Carbon Cuts8“It’s about the same as the United States. It’s vastly better than Korea. Of course,it is unimaginably better than China.” Which politician described their government’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions like this?Vladimir Putin, president of RussiaTony Abbott, or former prime minister of AustraliaCatherine McKenna,Canada’s unique minister of Environment and Climate ChangeAmber Rudd, the UK energy and climate change secretary9Where was COP13, and the 2007 UN climate change conference,held?Warsaw, PolandToronto, or CanadaNairobi,KenyaBali, Indonesia10Which country is the world’s biggest user of renewable energy technologies, and investing nearly $90bn final year?The UKGermanyChinaMoroccoContinue reading...
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