ISSP SEA Terms Questions and Answers Graded A+ 2024

ISSP SEA Terms Questions and Answers Graded A+ 2024 Aarhus Convention UN Economic Commission for Europe took effect in 2001. This agreement guarantees the rights of indivs to live in "an envmt adequate to his/her health & wellbeing." Rights: access to envmtl info; public participation in envmtl decision-making; access to justice. ABCD Planning Method Sust devel planning tool created by The Natural Step, based on work of Karl-Henrik Robert. Helps plan with 4 steps: 1. Awareness & visioning - understand what sust means; envision what success looks like 2. Baseline mapping - conduct gap analysis to identify issues & opps 3. Creating solutions - think abt innovations & solutions 4. Decide on priorities - what to do & when to do it? Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:01 / 0:15 Full screen Additionality GHG emissions reductions are "additional" if they would NOT have occurred in the absence of a market for offset credits. If associated GHG reductions are not additional, purchasing credits in lieu of reducing your own emissions will make CC worse. Agenda 21 a non-binding action plan plan for sust devel adopted at the Earth Summit. provided a wide-ranging blueprint to drive sust devel around the world Annex 1 Parties the UNCCC defines these entities as industrialized nations (previous OECD members) and economies in transition (EIT). These countries are taking on emissions reduction obligations Balanced Scorecard a strategic framework used to align business practices w/ TBL goals, improve stakeholder communications, & monitor performance. suggest we examine an org from 4 diff perspectives: financial customer/stakeholder internal process organizational capacity Bhopal Chemical Leak Dec 1984 disaster that took place at the Union Carbide (now Dow Chemical) pesticide plant in India. 1/2 mil ppl exposed to MIC gas; caused signif morbidity & premature death 3 forms of biofuel ethanol (alcohol, fermented from high carbohydrate biomass) biodiesel (mix of alcohol & veg oil; sometimes recycled cooking oil) biogas (gaseous fuel from anaerobic digestion or gasification; sources include landfills, livestock ops, and waste treatment plants) BREEAM a TBL procurement, design, construction, & operations assessment that evaluates a bldg construction project against performance standards Brundtland Commission Convened by the UN in 1983 to address concern about the accelerating deterioration of the human envmt & natural resources & its consequences. FKA UN's World Commission on Envmt & Devel. Published "Our Common Future in 1987. CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) Standards these standards set the avg fuel economy for new vehicles that a manufacturer's fleet must achieve; orig est by US Congress in 70s in response to the Arab oil embargo; updated legislation in 2007 Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) nonprofit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, & cities/states to manage their envmtl impacts. work w/ ~1,000 investors to report climate, water, & deforestation impacts and supply chain performance Caux Round Table (CRT) Principles for Business & CRT Principles for Government. CRT: int'l network making the case for moral capitalism. For Business principles provide "a worldwide vision for ethical and responsible corporate behavior". For Gov principles are based on the idea that the expectation that a better gov supporting soc responsible businesses will generate greater investment of private capital to create more wealth for poor ppl. Ceres (Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies) Principles global coalition of investors & envmtl & social advocacy groups supporting investment, policy, & business leadership to promote sustainability Certified Emission Reduction (CER) units qualified emissions reductions under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); each unit = 1 ton of CO2; count toward Kyoto targets Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) mechanism devel by Kyoto Protocol to encourage project-based emission reduction activities in developing countries Communication on Progress (COP) signatories to UN Global Compact must produce at least 1/yea. reinforces corporate commitment to the UNGC and describes measurable results of actions taken over prior yr. CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability Act) this 1980 act provides a US federal Superfund for hazardous waste cleanup; empowers the EPA to seek out responsible parties & assure their cooperation in cleanup. passed in the wake of the 3 Mile Island nuclear accident in 1979 (PA radiation leak) Conference of the Parties (COPs) supreme decision-making body comprised of the parties that have ratified the UNFCCC. has met annually since 95 to evaluate process on the project mechanisms for the KP Conflict minerals - 3 Ts + gold tin, tungsten, tantalum (plus gold) income from conflict minerals is used to fund wars and strengthen human rights abusers Declaration on Fundamental Principles & Rights at Work countries adopting this declaration are committed to providing workers freedom of assoc, right to collective bargaining, elimination of forced labor, abolition of child labor, & elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation Deepwater Horizon AKA Gulf Oil Spill. 2010 disaster; largest oil spill in history. erased the efforts of BP to brand their company as env conscious Dynamic equilibrium when a system is in a state of change yet the opposing forces at work are equivalent