Exam 18: The Global Environment

Afforestation is an example of _________________.

One policy solution to maintaining species and biodiversity is to

The quantity of CO₂ emissions will most likely be controlled by

When there are substantial differences among sources and technologies in terms of the costs of reducing greenhouse gasses (GHG), the use of __________ is more cost effective than the use of _____________.

CO2 is the most important of the greenhouse gasses that we have in our atmosphere.From 2000 to 2012, emissions of CO2 have been _______ in the U.S.and __________ globally.

The Kyoto Protocol has been criticized for

As a specific approach to reducing the impact of green house gasses, adaptation refers to

One of the biggest impacts of global climate change will be in forestry and agriculture.The agricultural impacts will hit ____________ harder.

The rate of heating due to global warming is expected to be about ______ per decade.

Calculations of the social cost of carbon can be used to

Cap and trade is a _____ based plan.A limit is placed on emissions and prices are established in emissions permit markets.Emission taxes are a _______ based policy.A fee on emissions is set and the quantity of emissions is adjusted as polluters react to the fee.

Effective maintenance of biodiversity requires the maintenance of

Global plans for emissions reductions require that we follow a strategy for assigning responsibility for emission reduction.If global policy assigns reductions according to total emissions, the largest reductions would have to come from __________.

As a specific approach to reducing the impact of green house gasses, mitigation refers to

Global plans for emissions reductions require that we follow a strategy for assigning responsibility for emission reduction.If global policy assigns reductions according to emissions per capita, the largest reductions would come from __________.

Using _______to control greenhouse gasses are likely to be more expensive than _____.

The Kyoto Protocol came into force in 2005 and was the first ___________ effort to address GHG reduction and control.

The United States and other countries have a long history of using __________ to control emissions.This approach will increase the cost of controlling Greenhouse Gasses.

In order to preserve biodiversity, the United States has passed the Endangered Species Act.Although this act has had some success in preserving individual endangered species, it is relatively ineffective at preserving _________, because this requires preservation of a relationship among a large number of species.

With no green house gases at all, the earth would be _______ for human life.