Climate Change Awareness and Action

The speaker shares a personal story of witnessing pollution in Iran and highlights the lack of climate education in non-English languages. They founded Climate Cardinals, a youth-led nonprofit, to translate climate information into over 100 languages, addressing the language barrier in climate education. The talk emphasizes the need for global participation in climate action and the importance of making scientific knowledge accessible to all.

What motivated the narrator to learn more about climate change?

• A school project

• A documentary

• Heavy smog in Iran

• A friend's suggestion

What did the narrator find surprising about their relatives' knowledge of climate change?

• They were indifferent to it

• They were experts in the field

• They had conflicting opinions

• They knew almost nothing about it

What was the narrator's solution to the lack of climate resources in Farsi?

• Creating a new website

• Writing a book

• Organizing a conference

• Translating resources with their mom

What percentage of scientific articles are written in English according to the 2012 study?

• 50%

• 70%

• 80%

• 60%

Which languages are the UN's IPCC report officially available in?

• Spanish, Portuguese, English, Chinese

• Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

• English, French, German, Italian

• Russian, Japanese, English, Arabic

What percentage of adults had never heard of climate change six years ago?

• 20%

• 50%

• 30%

• 40%

Which country among the worst impacted by climate change is majority English-speaking?

• Australia

• United Kingdom

• United States

• Canada

What is the main goal of Climate Cardinals?

• To fund climate research

• To organize climate protests

• To translate climate information into multiple languages

• To create climate documentaries

How many languages has Climate Cardinals translated climate information into?

• 50

• 75

• 100

• 150

What is the narrator's call to action regarding climate change?

• To wait for government intervention

• To engage people globally in climate action

• To rely solely on scientists

• To ignore the issue