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True or false: Climate change is causing extreme weather conditions such as droughts, floods, and hurricanes, leading to environmental catastrophes that are devastating vast areas and forcing millions of people to move.
True
True or false: The world's population is expected to decrease soon, and greenhouse gas emissions are declining.
False
True or false: Climate change is exacerbating inequality, with the global North being the main victim of wealthy industrialized nations' pollution.
False
True or false: Rising sea levels and heavy rainfall are causing the Indonesian village of Ponty Bahagia to sink into the sea, forcing people to leave their homes and abandon the local primary school.
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True or false: Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, with around 30 million people living in the metropolitan area, is not facing any environmental problems.
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True or false: Climate change is not affecting farmers in Java's most fertile farming regions.
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True or false: The biosphere is not currently acting as a break on climate change.
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True or false: The impact of all the world's permafrost melting is fully known.
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Study Notes
- Climate change is causing extreme weather conditions such as droughts, floods, and hurricanes, leading to environmental catastrophes that are devastating vast areas and forcing millions of people to move.
- The world's population is expected to reach 10 billion soon, and greenhouse gas emissions are rising.
- Climate change is exacerbating inequality, with the global South being the main victim of wealthy industrialized nations' pollution.
- Rising sea levels and heavy rainfall are causing the Indonesian village of Ponty Bahagia to sink into the sea, forcing people to leave their homes and abandon the local primary school.
- Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, with around 30 million people living in the metropolitan area, is facing problems such as smog, traffic, pollution, population density, and flooding, which is increasing in frequency.
- Climate change is forcing farmers in Java's most fertile farming regions to abandon their crops, with harvests dropping by about 60% due to dryness.
- Russia's permafrost is melting, causing soil to erode and releasing trapped carbon and methane, which could increase the pace of climate change dramatically.
- The melting permafrost also poses a danger to people and infrastructure, with natural gas and oil pipelines being particularly affected.
- The biosphere is currently acting as a break on climate change, absorbing about 40% of the carbon dioxide emitted, but scientists are concerned about how long it will continue to do so.
- The impact of all the world's permafrost melting is unknown, but leaks in pipelines cost by thawing soil are leading to about 1% of oil being lost, amounting to around 5 million tons each year, and could affect about 25 million people in Siberia and Russia's Far East.1. Erosion of permafrost soil in winter is causing infrastructure in the Arctic to collapse.
- Lack of rainfall is causing a water crisis in northern Cameroon, forcing people to migrate.
- Young people are leaving villages due to lack of water, creating a future crisis.
- Drought is causing livestock to die, affecting the livelihoods of herders.
- Climate refugees are leaving their homes due to the effects of climate change.
- The Sahel region is facing desertification, affecting crop cultivation and livestock.
- Flooding is also driving people from their homes in Southeast Asia.
- Lake Chad is shrinking due to climate change, affecting the livelihoods of millions of people.
- Fishermen are competing for dwindling fish stocks in Lake Chad.
- Climate change is affecting farmers, herders, and fishermen in the region surrounding Lake Chad.
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Test your knowledge on the various impacts of climate change around the world, from extreme weather events to environmental catastrophes and displacement of millions of people. Explore how rising sea levels, melting permafrost, shrinking lakes, and other consequences are affecting communities globally.
