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Queens University HLTH 101 Week 12: 1)According to Naomi Klein, the real reason we have been unable to stop the in­ crease of carbon emissions is Select one: a

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HLTH 101

Week 12:

1)According to Naomi Klein, the real reason we have been unable to stop the in­ crease of carbon emissions is

Select one:

a.            we have so many ways we can turn away from or ignore global climate change

b.            the economic crisis of 2009 distracted us from the global climate crisis c. the required changes threaten economic and political elites and interests

d.            it’s just too hard for countries to agree on a course of action

e.            we don’t have any technological alternatives

f.             all of the above

 

2.            With respect to climate change, the research evidence suggests Select one:

a.            both rich and poor countries need to rapidly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the adverse health outcomes associated with global climate change

b.            global climate change will affect everyone on the planet roughly equally; therefore, all nations need to coordinate their policy actions

c.             increases in agricultural productivity in high latitude countries such as Canada will off­ set the decreases in productivity in tropical countries, so there should be no net change in the number of hungry people in the world

d.            the ecosystem destruction caused by climate change will uniformly increase the transmission of disease

e.            human activity is the main cause

f.             all of the above

 

3.            Some climate change activists believe that carbon reserves (oil and coal) must be kept in the ground because

Select one:

a.            they own shares in renewable energy projects and want to promote their own eco­ nomic interests

b.            they are hippies from another century who think we should all live on farms and grow our own food without modern amenities

c.             they are in collective denial about how we could live with oil and coal

d.            they are jealous of people who drive SUVs and get to go on luxury vacation trips in exotic places

e.            if those carbon reserves are burnt, they will increase carbon emissions far beyond what is safe to prevent catastrophic global warming

 

f.             none of the above

 

4.            According to Naomi Klein, the global economic crisis in 2009 helps us under­ stand how to tackle global climate change

Select one:

a.            we can see how resources, including money, can be mobilized when politicians de­ clare a “crisis”

b.            it showed that it is more efficient to focus on economic development than climate change

c.             it showed that it is more important to recover economically than to address climate change

d.            it demonstrated that we can promote economic growth and address climate change through “green” businesses

e.            (b) and (c)

f.             none of the above