PSYC 185 MIDTERM STUDY SET WITH 100% VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS!!
Svante Arrhenius
Swedish scientist that argued that fossil fuel burning by adding CO2 to the atmosphere
would raise the planet's average (he referred to this with a Swedish term that translated
to hotbed/hothouse, which is equivalent to our greenhouse effect)
Montreal Protocol on Onzone 1987
the USA and more than three dozen nations sign a treaty to limit the use of
chlorofluorocarbons
Biden administration
was on course to approve as much oil and gas drilling on public lands
what are the policies for our current fossil fuels extractions?
carbon budget
to have even a 50% chance of keeping heating to 1.5 C, we can afford to emit only about
300 gigatons (Gt, or billion tons) more of CO2
carbon offsets = clean development mechanism
Kyoto Protocol
international treaty signed by 192 countries with the intention of creating a schedule of
binding targets for reducing emissions and a process for reaching those targets
,Rachel Carson
author of Silent Spring 1960, which created greater attention to the environment in
Western societies
Charney Report 1979
carbon dioxide and climate: a scientific assessment first estimates how sensitive the
Earth's climate is to increases of CO2
Citizens United
ruling of Supreme Court allowed the use of "dark money," such as from fossil fuel
interest, to influence elections
climate sensitivity
how sensitive the climate increase in CO2
common but differenetiated responsibilities
acknowledges that individual countries have different capabilities for combating climate
change and encompasses moral considerations regarding equity and historical
responsibility
Copenhagen Accord 2009
voluntary national, non-binding, pledges become the new global norm
International Climate Justice Movement demands
land rights and forest rights for the communities who have always taken care of those
resources
Lumumba Di'Aping
lead negotiator for participants from the Global South and specifically represented the
group of 77 countries plus China
, Al Gore
US VP addressed the UN conference in Kyoto in 1997, stipulated that USA would sign
the agreement if the emissions reductions were implemented under a market-based
trading of rights to pollute that became known as cap-and-trade
greenhouse effect
credited to Irish scientist John Tyndall, who demonstrated in 1859 that gases such as
CO2 and water vapor can absorb heat
James Hansen
prominent climate scientist and director of NASA'a Goddard Institute for Space Studies,
testified before US Congress that human emissions of greenhouse gases were heating
our planet to dangerous levels
IPCC
represents the international consensus among climate scientists and is backed by the
world's governments
Charles Keeling
of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, showed that CO2 levels were rising
year by year
William Nierenberg
a presidential advisor and director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La
Jolla, who denied there was an urgent need for action, advised the public not to be
frightened by the most "extreme negative speculations," and argued that it was better to
wait and see what would happen because American ingenuity would save the day
hole in the ozone layer
there was no layer and no hole: ozone, which shields us from ultraviolet radiation, is
SOLUTIONS!!
Svante Arrhenius
Swedish scientist that argued that fossil fuel burning by adding CO2 to the atmosphere
would raise the planet's average (he referred to this with a Swedish term that translated
to hotbed/hothouse, which is equivalent to our greenhouse effect)
Montreal Protocol on Onzone 1987
the USA and more than three dozen nations sign a treaty to limit the use of
chlorofluorocarbons
Biden administration
was on course to approve as much oil and gas drilling on public lands
what are the policies for our current fossil fuels extractions?
carbon budget
to have even a 50% chance of keeping heating to 1.5 C, we can afford to emit only about
300 gigatons (Gt, or billion tons) more of CO2
carbon offsets = clean development mechanism
Kyoto Protocol
international treaty signed by 192 countries with the intention of creating a schedule of
binding targets for reducing emissions and a process for reaching those targets
,Rachel Carson
author of Silent Spring 1960, which created greater attention to the environment in
Western societies
Charney Report 1979
carbon dioxide and climate: a scientific assessment first estimates how sensitive the
Earth's climate is to increases of CO2
Citizens United
ruling of Supreme Court allowed the use of "dark money," such as from fossil fuel
interest, to influence elections
climate sensitivity
how sensitive the climate increase in CO2
common but differenetiated responsibilities
acknowledges that individual countries have different capabilities for combating climate
change and encompasses moral considerations regarding equity and historical
responsibility
Copenhagen Accord 2009
voluntary national, non-binding, pledges become the new global norm
International Climate Justice Movement demands
land rights and forest rights for the communities who have always taken care of those
resources
Lumumba Di'Aping
lead negotiator for participants from the Global South and specifically represented the
group of 77 countries plus China
, Al Gore
US VP addressed the UN conference in Kyoto in 1997, stipulated that USA would sign
the agreement if the emissions reductions were implemented under a market-based
trading of rights to pollute that became known as cap-and-trade
greenhouse effect
credited to Irish scientist John Tyndall, who demonstrated in 1859 that gases such as
CO2 and water vapor can absorb heat
James Hansen
prominent climate scientist and director of NASA'a Goddard Institute for Space Studies,
testified before US Congress that human emissions of greenhouse gases were heating
our planet to dangerous levels
IPCC
represents the international consensus among climate scientists and is backed by the
world's governments
Charles Keeling
of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, showed that CO2 levels were rising
year by year
William Nierenberg
a presidential advisor and director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La
Jolla, who denied there was an urgent need for action, advised the public not to be
frightened by the most "extreme negative speculations," and argued that it was better to
wait and see what would happen because American ingenuity would save the day
hole in the ozone layer
there was no layer and no hole: ozone, which shields us from ultraviolet radiation, is
