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Question 1
In 2024, a major pop star released editions of her second album ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’ on recycled/Eco-Mix and BioVinyl, with recycled packaging and no shrink-wrap. Classified as ‘bedroom pop’ and with the hit single ‘Birds of a Feather’, which eco-conscious popstar was this?
Question 2
Citizens’ Climate Lobby is especially known for advocating a market-based climate policy in which carbon pollution is priced and revenue can be returned to households. What policy idea is this closest to?
A
Coal subsidy expansion
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C
Carbon fee and dividend
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D
Forest clear-cut licensing
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Question 3
‘Global Swarming’ is the fifth film in this franchise was released in 2017 with the tagline ‘Make America Bait Again’. The title of the film is a wordplay on the fact that the president of the USA didn’t believe in an actual global climate problem but might be invested in this. Which franchise was this title a fitting addition to?
Question 4
Climate _______ focuses on making climate information accessible across languages by Translating climate information, especially for young people and communities excluded by English-dominated climate communication. Fill in the blanks with the fitting alliterative name that refers to the fact they want to reach all parts of the planet.
Question 5
Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a global environmental movement that uses nonviolent civil disobedience to compel governments to act on the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and the risk of ecological collapse as time runs out for the planet. What is their fitting logo?
Question 6
Godzilla vs. Hedorah is a classic 1971 kaiju film. The film features an environmentalist message as symbolized by Hedorah being spawned from pollution. It was released in the United States as Godzilla vs. ‘_____X___’, a reference to the pollution source for its origin. What was Hedorah known as in outside Japan?
Question 7
This legal nonprofit is known for using courts and environmental law to protect people, wildlife, and ecosystems. Which organization with the slogan ‘Because the Earth needs a good lawyer’ is this?
C
Natural Resources Defense Council
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D
Environmental Defense Fund
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Question 8
The Montreal Protocol is often called one of the most successful environmental treaties. It was designed mainly to phase out substances damaging which atmospheric layer?
Question 9
The Paris Agreement’s temperature goal is usually described as keeping warming well below what temperature?
Question 10
In climate science, what is meant by “equilibrium climate sensitivity”?
A
The long-term global temperature rise expected after CO2 concentration doubles and the climate system adjusts
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B
The daily temperature difference between morning and night
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C
The amount of rainfall needed to grow crops
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D
The speed at which winds move around cyclones
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