Climate Knowledge Quiz

Test your understanding of the environmental and social dimensions of climate change.

1. According to the UNDESA article, which of these is NOT one of the main channels through which climate change worsens inequality?

Increased exposure to climate hazards Increased susceptibility to damage Decreased ability to cope and recover Increased political representation

2. The Council on Foreign Relations report states that the economic gap between the richest and poorest countries is how much larger due to global warming?

10% 25% 50% 75%

3. What is the single most important predictor of a nation's capacity to adapt to climate change, according to the "What drives national adaptation?" article?

National GDP Access to technology Good governance Population size

4. The devastation caused by which 2013 super typhoon became a global symbol of the unequal impacts of climate change on vulnerable nations like the Philippines?

Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong) Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda)

5. Which term describes actions taken to *reduce or prevent* the emission of greenhouse gases, such as switching to renewable energy?

Adaptation Resilience Mitigation Geoengineering

6. The principle of "Climate Justice" primarily frames climate change as a...

Purely scientific and technological challenge. Future problem for the next generation to solve. Social and political issue of inequality. Necessary consequence of economic development.

7. In the Paris Agreement, the Philippines, as chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, played a crucial role in advocating for what more ambitious warming limit?

3.0°C 2.5°C 2.0°C 1.5°C