A) Mandatory taxes on all industrial production B) Prohibitions on international trade C) Voluntary suggestions for reducing carbon footprints D) Legally binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
A) Paris Mandate B) Geneva Mandate C) Kyoto Mandate D) Berlin Mandate
A) Policies and measures for the reduction of greenhouse gases B) Financial subsidies for fossil fuel industries C) Plans for expanding nuclear energy production D) Direct taxes on developing nations
A) By forcing them to purchase emission allowances B) By establishing an adaptation fund for climate change C) By exempting them from all reporting requirements D) By providing them with free nuclear technology
A) An Annex I Review Tribunal B) A Compliance Committee C) A Designated National Authority D) An Executive Board for CDM
A) Three B) Five C) Two D) Four
A) International Emissions Trading B) Voluntary Offset Program C) Global Climate Fund D) National Carbon Taxation
A) Hypothetical Baseline Credits B) Assigned Amount Units C) Emission Reduction Units D) Certified Emission Reductions
A) Trading emissions eliminates all administrative costs B) The marginal cost of reducing emissions differs among countries C) Developing countries produce more emissions than developed ones D) All countries have identical costs for abating carbon
A) Baseline cost B) Compliance cost C) Marginal cost D) Fixed cost
A) IET and JI B) Compliance Committee and Adaptation Fund C) IET and CDM D) The CDM and JI
A) Project-based mechanisms do not involve credits B) IET is based on quantitative restriction, while CDM and JI produce reductions C) IET is for developing nations, while CDM is for Annex I Parties D) IET relies on hypothetical baselines while CDM relies on actual totals
A) In Annex I Parties B) In developing countries that use nuclear energy C) In countries with the highest marginal costs D) In non-Annex I Parties
A) In developing nations without a designated authority B) In nations outside the UNFCCC framework C) In Annex I Parties D) In non-Annex I Parties
A) Assigned amount units B) Certified emission reductions C) Emission reduction units D) Allowances
A) Compliance credits B) Certified emission reductions C) Emission reduction units D) Assigned amount units
A) The total gross domestic product of Annex I nations B) A hypothetical baseline of emissions C) The global average temperature increase D) Historical emission levels from 1990
A) Wind energy B) Solar energy C) Hydropower D) Nuclear energy
A) Because developing nations requested a ban on radiation B) To prevent nuclear technology exports from becoming the default route for credits C) Because nuclear power plants produce too many greenhouse gases D) Because nuclear energy is too expensive to monitor
A) A financial contribution to the adaptation fund B) A report of inventories of greenhouse gas emissions and removals C) A complete audit of their gross domestic product D) A list of all nuclear technology imports
A) Annex I representative B) Compliance committee member C) Designated national authority D) Executive board chairperson
A) The International Emissions Trading market B) The annual Annex I inventory review C) The CDM process D) The Berlin Mandate negotiations
A) The CDM Executive Board B) The UNFCCC Review Panel C) The Annex I Trading Board D) The Compliance Committee
A) Montreal Protocol of 1987 B) Geneva Convention of 1958 C) Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 D) Original 1992 UN Framework Convention
A) 2012 B) 2008 C) 2006 D) 2020
A) 2012–2020 B) 1992–2000 C) 2006–2012 D) 2008–2012
A) The Paris Agreement's B) The Montreal Protocol's C) The G20 summit's D) The Kyoto Protocol's
A) Fixed and permanent B) Rolling C) Voluntary and unverified D) Randomly assigned
A) 1992 B) 2006 C) 2012 D) 2008
A) 31 December 2008 B) 1 January 2010 C) 31 December 2012 D) 15 November 2015
A) Yes B) Only for developing nations C) No D) Only for carbon dioxide
A) Nitrous oxide B) Carbon dioxide C) Methane D) Water vapor
A) Peak, then decline B) Increase exponentially C) Decline immediately without peaking D) Remain completely constant
A) The expiration date of the second commitment period B) The total number of countries that ratify Annex B C) The lower the desired stabilization level D) The annual global economic growth rate
A) As a first-step towards achieving atmospheric stabilization B) As a failure that had no impact C) As the final solution to climate change D) As a legally non-binding recommendation
A) 1997 B) 1995 C) 1992 D) 2005
A) 1 December 1997 B) 31 December 2012 C) 16 February 2005 D) 19 June 2004
A) Canada B) Japan C) Russia D) Brazil
A) 1992 B) 2005 C) 2012 D) 1995
A) 37 B) 36 C) 147 D) 192
A) Article 2 B) Article 5 C) Article 1 D) Article 10
A) Five B) Seven C) Eight D) Six
A) Carbon dioxide B) Methane C) Sulfur hexafluoride D) Nitrogen trifluoride
A) Developing nation financial penalties B) Equal global emission caps C) Voluntary non-binding targets D) Common but differentiated responsibilities
A) 37 B) 36 C) 192 D) 28
A) Twenty-seven B) Zero C) Nine D) Thirty-six
A) 10% B) 32% C) 50% D) 15%
A) Paris Agreement B) Tokyo Convention C) Annex A Amendment D) Doha Amendment
A) 36 B) 37 C) 147 D) 192
A) Iceland B) Norway C) Australia D) Ukraine
A) New Zealand B) Canada C) Japan D) United States
A) Justin Trudeau B) Chrystia Freeland C) Peter Kent D) Stephen Harper
A) $14 million B) $40 billion C) $14 billion D) $4 billion
A) 192 B) 37 C) 147 D) 144
A) 37 B) 147 C) 36 D) 144
A) 37 B) 27 C) 34 D) 28
A) Paris Agreement B) UNFCCC Treaty C) Doha Amendment D) Montreal Protocol
A) Empty credits B) Phantom carbon C) Ghost emissions D) Hot air
A) A humorous joke B) Quite offensive C) An accurate description D) A compliment
A) Emission Intensity Target B) Economies-in-Transition C) European Industrial Trade D) Environmental Innovation Treaty
A) CERs B) EU ETS C) GIS D) AAUs
A) They should be greened B) They should be used to pay national debts C) They should be returned to the buyers D) They should be distributed to citizens as dividends
A) Hard greening B) Quota exhaustion C) Soft greening D) Direct trading
A) Environmental integrity B) Hard greening C) Quota trading D) Soft greening
A) China B) Latvia C) Japan D) India
A) Quota exhaustion B) Pressure from the European Union C) Lack of environmental integrity D) Low AAU prices
A) Brazil B) India C) Estonia D) Latvia
A) Exactly half B) A small proportion C) Ninety-seven percent D) A majority proportion
A) CDM B) AAU C) GIS D) EU ETS
A) 2012 B) 2010 C) 2001 D) 1997
A) Latvia B) India C) China D) Brazil
A) 52% B) 16% C) 7% D) 15%
A) 7% B) 15% C) 16% D) 52%
A) Estonia B) Poland C) Japan D) Brazil
A) ETS B) GIS C) AAUs D) CERs
A) 10 B) 2012 C) 22 D) 1750
A) One third B) Two thirds C) One tenth D) One half
A) The USA B) Russia C) Japan D) Ukraine
A) Geneva B) Kyoto C) New York D) Rio de Janeiro
A) Sink activities B) Emission caps C) Aviation offsets D) Absorption measures
A) One tenth B) A third C) One half D) Two thirds
A) International shipping B) Industrial manufacturing C) Commercial aviation D) Forest management
A) Factory emission reduction B) Cropland management C) Marine transportation D) Urban development
A) Grazing livestock feeding B) Pastureland pavement C) Intensive meat production D) Grazing land management
A) Crop harvesting B) Deforestation C) Urban expansion D) Revegetation
A) Neon B) Nitrous oxide C) Helium D) Hydrogen
A) Sulphur trioxide B) Hydrogen sulphide C) Sulphur hexafluoride D) Sulphur dioxide
A) Chlorofluorocarbons B) Hydrofluorocarbons C) Hydrochlorofluorocarbons D) Perfluoroethers
A) Perfluorocarbons B) Bromofluorocarbons C) Halons D) Chlorofluorocarbons
A) Nitrous oxide equivalents B) Methane equivalents C) Carbon atoms D) CO2 equivalents
A) Kyoto Protocol B) 1987 Montreal Protocol C) Paris Agreement D) Geneva Protocol
A) International shipping pollution B) Acid rain reduction C) Greenhouse gas emissions D) Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
A) QELR B) QELRO C) GHG-T D) AEI
A) Clean Development Mechanism B) Montreal Mechanism C) Joint Implementation D) Emissions Trading
A) Poland B) Bulgaria C) Belarus D) Romania
A) Kazakhstan B) Turkey C) Slovenia D) Hungary
A) Kazakhstan B) Belarus C) Romania D) Turkey
A) 1990 B) 1988 C) 1985 D) 2000
A) 1989 B) 1986 C) 1988 D) 1990
A) 1990 B) 1989 C) 1988 D) 1987 |