SOLUTIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED 100% GUARANTEED PASS
Solutions to climate change
1. Invest in the clean energy revolution 13%
2. Cleaner cars, California style 12%
carbon offset
a voluntary payment to enable another entity to reduce emissions
Who is carbon offsets popular among?
Utilities, Businesses, Universities, government, and individuals trying to achieve carbon-
neutrality
Population continues to rise in most countries, particularly in...
Poverty-stricken developing nations
Although the rate of growth is slowing,
we are still increasing in absolute numbers
it took from the beginning of time until 1800 for the world to do what?
create its first billion people
Today we add....... People each year
80 million
At today's 1.1 to 1.2% global rate, the population will double in approximately how
many years?
58
, If Chinas rate continued at 2.8%, it would have had how many people in 2004?
2 billion
Where is the highest population densities located?
Temperate, subtropical, and tropical biomes
Where does density increase?
Near coasts waterways and cities
What does I=PxAxT Stand for
Impact/Influence, Population, affluence, technology
model refinements include
sensitivity of the environment to impacts, education, laws, ethics
demographic transition
A model of economic and cultural change
Pre-industiral stage
Birth rate and death rates are high
Transitional stage
death rate declines due to increased food production and improved medical care
Why do some people think growth in population isn't a problem
New resources will replace depleted ones, HOWEVER some resources are
irreplaceable and quality of life will suffer with unchecked growth...less food, space, and
wealth per person
In 1970 chinas...... people faced starvation
790 million
How many people did the average Chinese woman give birth to in the 70s?