VOICED: Climate change - top of world agenda

The video discusses the impacts of climate change, including melting ice caps, rising sea levels, and the greenhouse effect. It highlights the role of human activity in increasing greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting global temperature rise. The potential consequences include the disappearance of low-lying islands and millions of climate refugees. The video also covers global efforts to address these issues, such as the Rio Summit and the Kyoto Protocol, and the challenges faced in achieving significant emission cuts.

What is one of the primary causes of the rise in global temperatures?

• Natural climate cycles

• Solar flares

• The greenhouse effect

• Increased volcanic activity

What could be a consequence if the ice floes of Greenland were to melt completely?

• A decrease in global sea levels

• A 7 meter rise in global sea levels

• No significant change in sea levels

• A 2 meter rise in global sea levels

Which islands are at risk of being wiped from the map due to rising sea levels?

• Hawaii and Fiji

• Maldives and Tuvalu

• Sicily and Sardinia

• Bali and Java

What was the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol established in 1997?

• To establish new energy sources

• To increase industrial production

• To set emission reduction targets for industrialized nations

• To promote global trade

Which two countries were not bound by the Kyoto Protocol despite being major polluters?

• India and Brazil

• Russia and Japan

• China and the United States

• Germany and France