Global Environmental Challenges

This class was created by Brainscape user Linnea Biermann. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

Decks in this class (23)

Welcome to the Anthropocene
Give a short definition of the an...,
Why do geologists propose a new e...,
How much of the ice free land are...
16  cards
Planetary Boundaries
Give a short definition of planet...,
What are the 9 planetary boundaries,
Explain the photo
17  cards
Scientific basis of climate change
Present a short definition of cli...,
Present a short definition of glo...,
What are examples of recent local...
27  cards
Irreversibilities
What are the three types of irrev...,
Explain how damages of climate ch...,
Why do climate change occur with ...
7  cards
Social and economic impacts of climate change
What will a stabilization of co2 ...,
Explain what the pat identity is,
Write down the pat identity for g...
14  cards
A taxonomy of global public goods and climate change as a social dilemma
What are the four incentives to s...,
What does supply depend on when t...,
Is international cooperation needed
31  cards
A formal economic model and negative externality
According to nordhaus what is the...,
Present a short description of wh...,
Write the formular for country i ...
11  cards
Negative externality and the Social cost of carbon
What is the social cost of carbon,
What are the best estimates avail...,
Can the market alone solve the pr...
5  cards
Adaptation
What is adaptation,
Is adaptation worth considering a...,
Illustrate graphically using nord...
13  cards
Adaptation as risk management
What is the main feauture of dive...,
Calculate the expected value of l...,
Like for covid there could be sud...
3  cards
Negative Emission Technologies (NETs)
What are negative emission techno...,
What are some examples of negativ...
2  cards
Geo-engineering
What is geoengineering,
What are the two main methods of ...
2  cards
Mitigation vs Geoengineering
What is the difference between mi...,
Is geoengineering considered a so...,
What is the suggested order of pr...
4  cards
Integrated Assesment Models (IAMs)
What are integrated assessment mo...,
Who is associated with the develo...,
What is the purpose of nordhaus i...
18  cards
Expected values and risk preferences
What are some sources of uncertai...,
How can the acceptance of risk be...,
What is the formal representation...
8  cards
Managing risk of catastrophic climate change, climate sensitivity
Draw the climate sensitivity curv...,
What is climate sensitivity,
How is climate sensitivity captured
7  cards
Risk, ambiguity, deep uncertainty
Fa styr pa det her,
Gennemga denne det er ligesom med...,
Ov dig i dette du kan sagtens wupwup
14  cards
Inequality and climate change
What are the two types of inequal...,
What are the two dimensions of em...,
How can greenhouse gas emissions ...
16  cards
Mitigation between the present and the future
Problem 1 final payoffif your ini...,
Problem 2 present valueif your fi...,
Problem 3 implicit rateif your in...
21  cards
International issues of mitigation
What is the purpose of the montre...,
What were the potential consequen...,
What were the obligations under t...
15  cards
Carbon pricing
What countries have implemented c...,
Term carbon tax,
Term cap and trade system
10  cards
Ecological transition as a system transition
Term co benefits,
Term should we employ only carbon...,
Term lock ins in the transition
12  cards
The political economy of climate change
Citizens want actions but global ...,
What is the peoples climate vote,
Hat are the four most popular cli...
16  cards

More about
Global Environmental Challenges

  • Class purpose General learning

Learn faster with Brainscape on your web, iPhone, or Android device. Study Linnea Biermann's Global Environmental Challenges flashcards now!

How studying works.

Brainscape's adaptive web mobile flashcards system will drill you on your weaknesses, using a pattern guaranteed to help you learn more in less time.

Add your own flashcards.

Either request "Edit" access from the author, or make a copy of the class to edit as your own. And you can always create a totally new class of your own too!

What's Brainscape anyway?

Brainscape is a digital flashcards platform where you can find, create, share, and study any subject on the planet.

We use an adaptive study algorithm that is proven to help you learn faster and remember longer....

Looking for something else?

Global Environmental Challenges
  • 3 decks
  • 87 flashcards
  • 1 learners
Decks: Midterm, Midterm 12, Midterm 13, And more!
Challenger 300/350
  • 23 decks
  • 371 flashcards
  • 28 learners
Decks: Aircraft General, Aural Visual Warnings, Powerplant, And more!
Environmental Science
  • 14 decks
  • 1145 flashcards
  • 80 learners
Decks: Chapter 1, Chapter 3 Basic Living Needs Of Living T, Chapter 4 Populations And Communities, And more!
Global health
  • 22 decks
  • 469 flashcards
  • 1 learners
Decks: Gender And Health, Key Words, Poverty Education And Health, And more!
Make Flashcards