Waking up to climate change

The video discusses the urgent need to address environmental challenges, highlighting the rapid pace of global warming and its severe impacts on food, water, and sea levels. It covers extreme weather events causing displacement and the threat to biodiversity with many species becoming endangered. However, it also notes positive steps taken globally, such as agreements to reduce emissions and innovative ideas like using kangaroos to reduce methane emissions.

What is one of the major impacts of global warming on the world's poorest populations?

• Decrease in desert areas

• Shortages of food and water

• Abundance of food resources

• Increased access to clean water

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a consequence of environmental degradation?

• Endangered species

• Increased snowfall

• Oil spills

• Forest fires

How many new species were added to the endangered list according to the transcript?

• 500

• 200

• 100

• 1000

What innovative solution did Australian governments propose to combat global warming?

• Planting more trees

• Building wind farms

• Promoting kangaroo farming

• Using solar panels

What transportation initiative did Parisians adopt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

• Public buses

• Electric cars

• Carpooling

• Communal bikes