Solutions to Environmental and Sustainability Problems
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What is the main focus of Unit Six in the text?

  • Analyzing the global impact of environmental problems (correct)
  • Highlighting the importance of environmental education
  • Discussing the challenges of sustainability
  • Exploring environmentally friendly indigenous practices

    • Why have environmental problems become globalized, according to the text?

  • Mainly due to the lack of environmental education
  • Because of the disproportionate contribution of some societies (correct)
  • Due to the unequal distribution of resources
  • As a result of unsustainable indigenous practices

    • What does the text suggest about national environmental policy?

  • It is ineffective in addressing global environmental problems (correct)
  • It can solve all global environmental challenges on its own
  • It is successful in preventing irreversible ecological harm
  • It can only tackle locally occurring environmental problems

    • What is the possible consequence of globally occurring environmental problems?

    <p>Irreversible ecological harm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, why might some societies have contributed disproportionately to current environmental problems?

    <p>Linked to the rising strain caused by unsolved issues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text imply about approaching global environmental problems?

    <p>They require different approaches compared to local problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factors are often evaluated as a function of population, consumption, and technology in the 'environment formula'?

    <p>Population growth, increasing affluence, and environmentally unsound technology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main environmental problem discussed at the moment?

    <p>Climate change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main effect of the depletion of the ozone layer?

    <p>Harmful UV rays reaching the Earth's surface</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity embrace?

    <p>Animal and plant species, genetic variability within the species, and earth's ecosystems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the 'environment formula' take into account?

    <p>Economic and technological forces driving global environmental degradation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the climatically active Green House Gases disrupting?

    <p>Earth's thermal balance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What environmental problem is being discussed at the moment and has observable ecological and social effects?

    <p>Climate change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which substances contribute to ozone layer depletion?

    <p>Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is biodiversity loss a result of?

    <p>Increasing population growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is being disrupted by climatically active Green House Gases?

    <p>Global mean surface temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

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