ESS IB Exam 2026- Year 1 Materials ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
, Name Five Major Landmarks of the Environmental • Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring
Movement • Earth Day
• Bhopal Disaster
• Chernobyl
• UN Rio Earth Summit
• An Inconvenient Truth
• Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement
Earth Day 1970
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums
to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast
rallies. It helped lead to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts.
UN Rio Earth Summit 1992
The first time the International community met to consider global environment
and development needs. 172 governments were represented. This Convention
document let to the Kyoto Protocols and Paris Agreement.
Kyoto Protocol 2005
Main goal was to control man-made greenhouse gases.
Paris Agreement 2015
Aim to hold increase in global average temp to well below 2 degrees Celsius
above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temp. increase to 1.5
degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to reduce the risks and impacts of
climate change in a way that doesn't threaten food production. Each nation has a
nationally determined contribution (NDC) and these are reported every 5 years.
Every country except for Syria, Vatican City, and Nicaragua signed.
What is an Environmental Value System? A worldview that shapes the way people perceive and evaluate environmental
issues. Influenced by cultural, economic, and socio-political factors.
3 Environmental Value Systems (EVS) Ecocentric, Anthropocentric, and Technocentric
Ecocentric Puts ecology and nature as central to humanity. Emphasizes a less materialistic
approach to life with greater self-sufficiency of societies.
Anthropocentric Believes humans must sustainably manage the global systems. Through use of
taxes, regulations, legislation
CORRECT ANSWERS
, Name Five Major Landmarks of the Environmental • Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring
Movement • Earth Day
• Bhopal Disaster
• Chernobyl
• UN Rio Earth Summit
• An Inconvenient Truth
• Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement
Earth Day 1970
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums
to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast
rallies. It helped lead to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts.
UN Rio Earth Summit 1992
The first time the International community met to consider global environment
and development needs. 172 governments were represented. This Convention
document let to the Kyoto Protocols and Paris Agreement.
Kyoto Protocol 2005
Main goal was to control man-made greenhouse gases.
Paris Agreement 2015
Aim to hold increase in global average temp to well below 2 degrees Celsius
above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temp. increase to 1.5
degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to reduce the risks and impacts of
climate change in a way that doesn't threaten food production. Each nation has a
nationally determined contribution (NDC) and these are reported every 5 years.
Every country except for Syria, Vatican City, and Nicaragua signed.
What is an Environmental Value System? A worldview that shapes the way people perceive and evaluate environmental
issues. Influenced by cultural, economic, and socio-political factors.
3 Environmental Value Systems (EVS) Ecocentric, Anthropocentric, and Technocentric
Ecocentric Puts ecology and nature as central to humanity. Emphasizes a less materialistic
approach to life with greater self-sufficiency of societies.
Anthropocentric Believes humans must sustainably manage the global systems. Through use of
taxes, regulations, legislation
