To what extent do anthropocentric value systems dominate international efforts of addressing climate change?
Figure7(a): Fact file on taiga
Figure 7(b): Total exports of timber (in units of thousand cubic metres) from Russia between 2012 and 2014
[Source: With permission from GRID-Arendal. Source adapted.]
Outline one ecological service provided by the Siberian taiga.
With reference to Figure 7(b), calculate the percentage of timber exports to China between the years 2012–2014.
Explain how deforestation in the taiga may impact the world’s oceans.
State one natural limiting factor to the successful restoration of taiga through replanting.
State four ways in which a country can increase its energy security.
Describe four factors that contribute to the occurrence of photochemical smog, and the direct and indirect impact it can have on societies.
Discuss the use of the doughnut economy model in building sustainable cities.
Two maps of Greenland comparing the percentage of sea ice concentration between September 14, 1984 and September 13, 2012. Figure 1.
Refer to Figure 1, outline the change in ice cover between 1984 and 2012.
State two environmental impacts of the change in sea ice cover in the Arctic.
Describe how mitigation can help with climate change.
Evaluate one mitigation strategy to reduce climate change.
Discuss the evidence provided by ice cores and dendrochronology in studying past climate changes and their implications for current climate trends.
Evaluate the potential of geoengineering as a strategy for mitigating climate change.
Explain how soil can be viewed as an ecosystem.
Examine the role of humans in the destabilization of ecological systems.
Compare and contrast the impact of humans on the carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Analyze the concept of tipping points in the climate system and discuss how interacting tipping points could lead to a tipping cascade.
Definition of Tipping Point
Examples of Tipping Points
Tipping Cascade
Example of Tipping Cascade
Role of Positive Feedback
Implications for Climate Change
Scientific Evidence
Conclusion
Outline four reasons for the baseline study in an EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment).
Explain why renewable energies may not be sustainable and may not allow for environmental justice for all.
To what extent are energy sources impacted by anthropogenic (human-caused) changes to the atmosphere, and how may this influence energy security?
Environmental value systems can lead to different approache towards addressing global warming. Discuss which environmental value system(s) you consider to be most appropriate in the management of global warming.
