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18 Cards in this Set
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Environment in french means
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to surround
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Environment definition:
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conditions that surround an organism or a group of organisms
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Environmental Science
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the scientific study of the environment
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Different type of environment
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physical
chemical social cultural |
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UNFCCC
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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UNFCCC helped climate change where and when?
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New York , May 1992
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fossil fuels presently supply about ____% of energy used in industrialized countries.
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80
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Burning fossil fuels causes
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carbon dioxide and other heat-absorbing gases that cause global warming, to release
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Acute poverty hits how many people?
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1/5 of the world or 1.3 billion
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weathly $ per capita
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$25,000 yearly
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poor $ per capita
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750$ yearly
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GNP
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Gross National Product
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North/South Division
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Richer - North
Poorer - Near equator |
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OECD
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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OECD makes up about ___% of the world's population and consumes more than ___% of the world's resources.
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20, 50
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OECD is made up of (7)
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Turkey, korea, North America, Western Europe, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.
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Political Economies:
First World |
industrialized, market-oriented democratic countries and their allies.
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Political Economies:
Second World |
centrally planned, socialist countries.
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