Environment Management - 2.1 & 2.2

Front 1

Paris Climate Deal

Back 1

Governments have agreed to limit warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

Front 2

How many countries have put forward their plans for how to cut and curb their emissions beyond 2010, as far out as 2030?

Back 2

187

Front 3

The UN' s climate panel says...

Back 3

Net zero emissions must happen by 2070 to avoid dangerous warming.

Front 4

China accounted for ? of global energy consumption

Back 4

23%

Front 5

China remained the world's largest energy producer, accounting for ? of global energy supply

Back 5

19.1%

Front 6

China's CO2 emissions grew by just ? over 2014, well below the ten-year average rate of 5.9%.

Back 6

0.9%

Front 7

China's energy consumption grew by ? in 2014

Back 7

2.6%

This was less than half the ten-year average growth rate of 6.6% and the slowest annual rate of growth since 1998.

Front 8

China's energy mix continues to evolve.

While coal remains the dominant fuel, accounting for ___% of China's energy consumption,

this was the lowest share on record and sown from recent highs of 74% in the mid-2000s.

Back 8

66%

Front 9

Among non-fossil fuels hydro grew the fastest (+ 15.7%).

Back 9

Hydro now makes up nearly one fifth (19%) of China's electricity.

Front 10

Renewables grew ___% over 2014

Back 10

15.1%

Front 11

Energy use per person in the USA is ___ times greater than that of China

Back 11

5

Front 12

In 2009, China overtook the USA in total energy usage

Back 12

2.2 billion tonnes oil equivalent to 2.17 billion

Front 13

Three Gorges Dam - The shift from burning more than _____ tonnes of coal every year to generating HEP is China's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint.

Back 13

30 million

Front 14

Three Gorges Dam - In the first 5 months after the reservoir was filled _____ landslides were recorded.

Back 14

150

Front 15

Three Gorges Dam - Costs of displacement & resettlement

Back 15

$ 100 billion

Front 16

Three Gorges Dam - _____ tourists visited Yichang during the 7-day national holiday, bringing 192 million yuan in tourism-related revenues.

Back 16

565,000

Front 17

Three Gorges Dam - Reduced flooding risk for the _____ vulnerable downstream communities.

Back 17

100 million

Front 18

Three Gorges Dam - _____ people have been relocated under the government's 'near and distant resettlement' policy, along with amny scared cultural landmarks, plots of good quality farmland and small businesses.

Back 18

1.3 million

Front 19

_____ of the world's population live in areas of physical scarcity.

Back 19

Around 1.2 billion people

or almost one-fifth of the worlds' population

Front 20

_____ face economic water shortage

Back 20

1.6 billion people,

or almost one quarter of the world's population

Front 21

_____ people use contaminated water daily in China.

Back 21

300 million

Front 22

___% of world blue water withdraws (due to agriculture)

Back 22

74%

Front 23

Wind power capacity has grown ___ between 2005 to 2009 - recent investment and improvement have made it the highest capacity in the world.

Back 23

30-fold

Front 24

2008 saw the development of China's offshore wind farm policy.

Back 24

China is also the world's largest wind turbine manufacturing industry.

Front 25

New nuclear plants in China will be operational by 2019 and will ___ China's current capacity.

Back 25

will double China's current capacity.

Front 26

China is aiming for energy security by loaning money to countries for ____ deals with Russia, Kazakstan, Venezuela, Brazil etc.

Back 26

oil-for-loan