How is the UNFCCC's climate change mitigation governed?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  How is climate defined in an international context?

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    As the property of individual nations to use as they please
  • B.
    As the property of the United Nations to control through geoengingeering
  • C.
    As a good that can be traded on a stock market, meaning that the greenhouse gases can be put to the best use by the highest bidder
  • D.
    As a common good, which means that one country's actions affect other countries
• 2.
  What is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?

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    A UN agency working against climate change
  • B.
    An international parliament of climate change policymakers
  • C.
    An international environmental treaty
  • D.
    An organisation of climate change scientists supported by the UN
• 3.
  What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

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    An organisation that prescribes policy decisions to the UN
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    A club for the signatory countries of the Paris Agreement
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    An international environmental protection agency
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    An international body for assessing the science and policy of climate change
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  What is a Conference of the Parties?

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    A conference between countries and organisations that have signed a convention where they review how the treaty has been implemented and take new decisions
  • B.
    A conference for deciding who is going to arrange the party happening after the climate conference
  • C.
    A special session of the UN General Assembly regarding climate change 
  • D.
    A yearly gathering of heads of states arranged by the UNFCCC where they are briefed about recent scientific discoveries regarding climate change
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  What is the objective of the UNFCCC?

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    To stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system
  • B.
    To change the course of climate change in a better direction than today through geoengineering
  • C.
    To find out the reasons for why climate change is happening
  • D.
    To make the emission of greenhouse gases illegal
• 6.
  Who is the current Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC?

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    Michael Zammit Cutajar
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    Yvo de Boer
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    Patricia Espinosa
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    Christiana Figueres
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  Which is a likely future policy of climate change mitigation?

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    Emitters could be brought before the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
  • B.
    Developed countries would pay 0.7% of their Gross National Income (GNI) for climate mitigation
  • C.
    All countries would pay for climate mitigation based on their emissions, population and GNI
  • D.
    All of the above
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  Where will the next COP of the UNFCCC be held?

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    Paris, France
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    New York, USA
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    Cairo, Egypt
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    Madrid, Spain

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Novice

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  There's no doubt that you a concerned about climate change. It is important to complement your concern with more knowledge about the issues at hand, though. Have you considered scaling up your skills even further? Climate change policy is one shape of international cooperation. How much do you know about other shapes? Take another quiz and increase your knowledge. The Global Challenges Foundation aims to promote the development of global decision-making models capable of more effectively and equitably mitigating and, preferably, eliminating the major global catastrophic risks threatening humanity. Visit https://globalchallenges.org to learn more about GCF’s work and join the Shapemaker community today.
• 2.
  Intermediate

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  There's a lot that concerns you about climate change and you also know that there is a complex international policy mechanism in place. Have you considered scaling up your skills even further? Climate change policy is one shape of international cooperation. How much do you know about other shapes? Take another quiz and increase your knowledge. The Global Challenges Foundation aims to promote the development of global decision-making models capable of more effectively and equitably mitigating and, preferably, eliminating the major global catastrophic risks threatening humanity. Visit https://globalchallenges.org to learn more about GCF’s work and join the Shapemaker community today.
• 3.
  Expert

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  You're practically a climate change policy expert! Well done! Have you considered scaling up your skills even further? Climate change policy is one shape of international cooperation. How much do you know about other shapes? Take another quiz and increase your knowledge. The Global Challenges Foundation aims to promote the development of global decision-making models capable of more effectively and equitably mitigating and, preferably, eliminating the major global catastrophic risks threatening humanity. Visit https://globalchallenges.org to learn more about GCF’s work and join the Shapemaker community today.