Try our climate change quiz

How much do you know about International and Australian collaboration on Climate change?

What is the name of the internationally accord with the aim of keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees?

A. The Geneva Convention

B. The Paris Agreement

C. The Rio Summit

D. The Kyoto Protocol

The correct answer is B. The Paris Agreement is the international agreement on action to prevent dangerous climate change.

Which year was this agreement signed by 197 nations including Australia?

A. 1988

B. 2002

C. 2016

The answer is C – 2016. The Paris Agreement was signed in 2016.

D. 2019

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the international body that provides governments with the latest scientific understanding of Climate Change. When was the IPCC established?

A. 1950

B. 1988

The correct answer is B – 1988.

IPCC was created in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization(WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), it provides regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation giving the world's leaders the best possible basis for decisions.

C. 2001

D. 2015

Experts from around the world are invited to assess the latest scientific knowledge. The Sixth Assessment Report due out in 2022 will be put together by 721 experts. How many are Australian?

A. 2

B. 16

C. 40

The correct answer is C. Forty Australian experts are contributing to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report – playing a significant part in this global effort to understand climate change.

D. 500

What do these four Australian scientists have in common?

Grid of four people — Clockwise from top left: Peter Newman, Rebecca Harris, Frank Jotzo, Uday Bhaskar Nidumolu

A. They study the effect of climate change on animals.

B. They are transport scientists.

C They grew up in Australia

D. They are contributing to the IPCC’s next report (AR6)

The correct answer is D. They are all contributing to the next IPCC report in different capacities according to their areas of expertise.

Which of the following gasses are greenhouse gases and contribute to global warming?

A. Methane (CH4)

B. Carbon Dioxide (C02)

C. Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

D. All of the above

The correct answer is D. These are all greenhouse gases and, with water vapour and ozone, they make up the primary greenhouse gases.

Where in Australia is the observatory which takes air samples and measures concentrations of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)?

A. Cape York, Queensland

B. Cape Grim, Tasmania

The correct answer is B. The Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, on the northwest tip of Tasmania is far from industry and roads. It measures atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and has shown a persistent upward trend.

C. Gabo Island, Victoria

D. Cape Range, Western Australia

Which lines represent the emissions CO₂ per person in Australia and China?

A. Australia is red (2), China is teal (1)

B. Australia is red (2), China is blue (3)

C. Australia is blue (4), China is red (2)

D. Australia is teal (1) and China is purple (3)

The correct answer is D.

The lines are:

Teal = Australia
Red = Canada
Purple = China
Blue =UK

The world average carbon footprint is 4.8 tonnes of CO2 per person per year. What is the carbon footprint of an Australian?

A. 3.1 tonnes

B. 8.0 tonnes

C. 17.0 tonnes

The correct answer is C. Every Australian produces 17.0 tonnes of CO2 which is more than three times the global average.

D. 50.5 tonnes

Which is the driest inhabited continent on Earth?

A. Australia

The correct answer is A. Australia is the driest inhabited continent. While Antarctica is the driest continent it is visited rather than inhabited. Africa has larger areas of desert but also has areas of high rainfall. Australia’s dry and variable climate make it vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

B. Africa

C. Antarctica

D. Asia

You scored 10

Try our climate change quiz

Further reading

Share your thoughts to WIN