Exam 2: Responding to Global Environmental Change

DPSIR stands for ________.

Canada has been given ________ at multiple international environment talks.

Transportation is responsible for a quarter of all energy used in Canada.

How is McDonald's contributing to positive environmental change?

________ has initiated a carbon tax to discourage fossil fuel dependence and encourage behaviours that reduce global warming.

On a global scale, only ________ are available for each person.

The Law of Everybody suggests that ________.

Many corporations do much better than we do personally, or than our governments do, in systematically addressing their environmental impacts.

Canada ranked tenth on the Happy Planet Index.

The Sustainable Development Goals build upon the Millennium Development Goals and have a broader environmental scope.

Canada is a federated state, which means _________.

Environmental indicators are used to ________.

In order for some semblance of sustainability and equity to emerge, wealthier nations will have to reduce consumption by ________ per cent.

Canada has supported ________.

We are currently in the space of "accumulated ecological debt," and the full repercussions of that debt have yet to be realized.

Many current trends of increasing environmental degradation are fuelled by consumption of material goods.

________ was subject to a large-scale wood products boycott that resulted in its committing to selling only certified wood products.

Extreme poverty was reduced by half as part of the Millennium Development Goals.

Canada has impressive legislation, policies, strategies, and action plans regarding the environment, and it provides excellent resources to ensure that their goals are all fully met.

Canada's ecological capacity is one of the world's largest, at ________ per capita.