Unit 2: Global Climate — Vulnerability and Resilience
Topic 2.3: Responding to climate change and building resilience Questions
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Climate-change mitigation is best described as…
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What does adaptation to climate change mean?
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Which body is the UN science panel that reports on climate risks?
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Which is a carbon offsetting scheme?
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In a 'to what extent' essay, what most LIMITS the mark?
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What is the main aim of the Paris Agreement?
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Explain how building resilience helps a community cope with climate change.
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Which Sustainable Development Goal is Climate Action?
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What does mitigation of climate change mean?
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Explain two strategies that businesses can use to help tackle the causes of climate change.
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Distinguish between mitigation and adaptation as responses to climate change.
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Why is Costa Rica a strong mitigation case study?
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2026
Describe one mitigation strategy for climate change.
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2019
Explain how putting a price on carbon, through trading or offsetting, gives firms a reason to pollute less.
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2019
An airline buys credits from a forest project, and a power company sells unused emission permits. Explain how each of these mechanisms can reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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2020
Explain how two proposed geo-engineering methods could reduce global warming.
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2022
Explain two ways national governments can reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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2022
A minister wants to cut the country’s carbon output. Explain two kinds of action the state itself could lead.
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2024
The table shows electric car sales. Describe the trend.
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Outline one advantage and one disadvantage of using a choropleth map to show emissions per person by country.
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