GINS 2000 Quiz 2 Pt. 2

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE FISHING?

ALONG WITH THE FORESTS, WHAT ARE KNOWN AS THE “LUNGS OF THE EARTH”?

NGO DID PENELOPE BAGIEU ILLUSTRATE THE PETITION “TAKE 5 MINUTES TO SIGN, MY FRIEND” DENOUNCING THE EVILS OF OVERFISHING

IN THE WORLD, NEARLY:

A “RESILIENT” TOWN IS …

THE GLOBAL POPULATION IS CURRENTLY 7.5BILLION PEOPLE. HOW MANY WILL IT BE IN 2050?

HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN SHANTY TOWNSAROUND THE WORLD?

SINCE 1979, SEA ICE HAS DIMINISHED BY

WHAT PROPORTION OF THE WORLD’S FOOD IS WASTED OR THROWN AWAY?

HOW MANY CULTIVATED PLANTS HAVEDISAPPEARED IN THE LAST CENTURY?

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF MARINE SPECIES HAVE WE IDENTIFIED?

HOW MANY HECTARES OF FOREST AREDISAPPEARING EVERY YEAR?

WHAT PROPORTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES DO THE OCEANS ABSORB?

HOW MANY CHILDREN AGED 6 TO 17 LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IS NOT COMPLETELY BANNED IN SCHOOL?

TRUE OR FALSE? WITHOUT GREENHOUSE GASES,THE TEMPERATURE WOULD BE -19OC:

HOW MANY CHILDREN LIVE IN REGIONSTHREATENED BY CONFLICT?

OF THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS, WHICH COULD HELP FINANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION?

WHAT IS A TAX HAVEN?

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF GREENHOUSE GASEMISSIONS ARE DUE TO AGRICULTURE?

FORESTS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE:

SINCE 1990, GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)EMISSIONS HAVE INCREASED BY ALMOST:

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SECTORS EMITS THE MOST GREENHOUSE GAS RESPONSIBLE FOR GLOBAL WARMING?

IF POLLINATING INSECTS, SUCH AS BEES, WERE TO DISAPPEAR, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO REPLICATE THEIR JOB?

FIND THE ODD ONE OUT. RAPID URBANIZATION PUTS PRESSURE ON:

IN 2015, AT THE COP21 IN PARIS, HEADS OF STATE UNDERTOOK TO PUT MEASURES IN PLACE TO LIMIT GLOBAL WARMING TO…

A BLUE HELMET IS:

BIODIVERSITY IS:

WHAT DO THE US, RUSSIA, CHINA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE ALL HAVE IN COMMON?

HOW MANY M3 OF WATER ARE USEDUNNECESSARILY EACH YEAR IN THE PRODUCTION OF WASTED FOOD?

WHICH INSTITUTIONS ARE MOST AFFECTED BYCORRUPTION IN THE WORLD?

A DEMOCRACY IS A COUNTRY GOVERNED BY

WHAT PROPORTION OF THE WORLD’SPOPULATION CURRENTLY LIVES IN URBAN AREAS?

OF ALL KNOWN ANIMAL SPECIES…

WHAT IS THE UN?

THE EARTH SUMMIT, HELD IN RIO IN 1992, SET THREE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PILLARS, NAMELY:

HOW MANY PEOPLE RELY ON FORESTS FORTHEIR LIVEHOOD AROUND THE WORLD?

SINCE 1950, THE SEA BIRD POPULATION HASFALLEN BY:

WHAT DOES FAIR TRADE OFFER PRODUCERS?

CITIES COVER 3% OF THE EARTH’S LAND MASS BUT PRODUCE WHAT PROPORTION OF GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS?

WHAT IS URBAN AND PERIURBAN HORTICULTURE?

IN 1990, 10 CITIES IN THE WORLD HAD MORE THAN 10 MILLION INHABITANTS. BY 2018 THERE WERE:

95% OF URBAN EXPANSION WILL TAKE PLACE IN:

SINCE 2009, THE NUMBER OF WEB USERS IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HAS:

WHAT WAS THE UN’S GLOBAL PEACEKEEPINGBUDGET FOR 2017?

WHO CAN WORK TO ACHIEVE THE 17 SDGs?

WHAT IS ARABLE LAND?

HOW MANY PEOPLE DEPEND ON MARINEBIODIVERSITY FOR THEIR LIVELIHOODS?

TRUE OR FALSE? INFORMATION ANDCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) AREBENEFICIAL TO DEVELOPMENT.

WHICH COUNTRY WAS THE FIRST TO BANPLASTIC BAGS?

WHAT AMOUNT IS DIVERTED EACH YEAR FROM THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO THE COUNTRIES OF THE NORTH?

WHAT PROPORTION OF GLOBAL FOOD IS MADE UP OF PLANTS?

WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE?

IN RELATION TO A 10 KM JOURNEY IN TOWN, PUT THE FOLLOWING MEANS OF TRANSPORT IN ORDER FROM LEAST TO MOST POLLUTING

BY 2030, IF NOTHING IS DONE, HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE LIVING IN SHANTY TOWNS?

WHAT PROPORTION OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ARE OVER OR FULLY EXPLOITED?

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MARINE SPECIES IS DUE TO:

IF THE ENTIRE WORLD POPULATION WERE TO USE ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHT BULBS, WE WOULD SAVE:

HOW MUCH WASTE ENDS UP IN THE SEA EVERY MINUTE AROUND THE WORLD?

BY WHAT DATE IN 2017 HAD HUMANKINDCONSUMED MORE NATURAL RESOURCES THAN THE PLANET WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING?

OVERCONSUMPTION OF FOOD IS HARMFUL TO:

TRUE OR FALSE? AT THE CURRENT RATE, THERE WILL BE MORE PLASTIC IN THE OCEANS THAN FISH BY 2050

OF THE 197 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, HOWMANY WERE CONSIDERED TO BE AT PEACE IN 2016?

WHAT IS AGROECOLOGY?

THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT POPULATION WASESTIMATED AT 1.3 MILLION IN 1970. HOW MANY IS IT TODAY?

TRUE OR FALSE? HOLES IN THE OZONE LAYER ARE EXACERBATING CLIMATE CHANGE:

SINCE THE START OF THE 21ST CENTURY, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS THE HOTTEST ON RECORD?

WITH EVERY ONE DEGREE INCREASE INTEMPERATURE, GLOBAL CEREAL PRODUCTION DECLINES BY AROUND:

TRUE OR FALSE? THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS DUE TO HUMANS:

WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR HELPSPROTECT THE PLANET?

WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR FELLING TREES NOWADAYS?