HL Vocab 1

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Across
  1. 1. A chemical that damages the Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer.
  2. 3. An intergovernmental organisation that works to maintain international peace and security, and develop relationships and cooperation among countries towards common goals.
  3. 5. A payment from an individual or business to the government; used to raise revenue for government services and to discourage certain behaviours, among others.
  4. 9. Actions that reduce the impact of climate change by reducing or stopping the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere.
  5. 11. Attempting to influence government policies or decisions in favour of specific people, organisations, or causes.
  6. 12. Actions that enable human beings to adjust to the impacts of climate change.
  7. 13. The rules that a community uses to determine what is appropriate behaviour, expression, and values.
  8. 14. A group of international scientists that produces yearly reports on the latest scientific information on climate change for the UN; helps to develop climate policies and international agreements.
  9. 16. The legal principle that those who cause environmental damage should pay for the costs of remediation and restoration of ecosystems.
  10. 21. Laws agreed to by multiple countries to govern their behaviour in transboundary issues and other matters.
  11. 22. Any individual or group that affects, or is affected by, an organisation.
  12. 24. The inherent right of all life and Earth's systems to exist and function.
  13. 25. A plan submitted to the UNFCCC by low-income countries that describes their most urgent needs to adapt to climate change; the plans help define funding and technical assistance from higher-income countries.
  14. 27. An international agreement that extended the UNFCCC by establishing the goal of limiting global warming to ‘preferably well-below’ 2 degrees Celsius and a 5-year cycle of increasing reductions of CO2 emissions.
  15. 28. An international agreement that extended the UNFCCC by committing high-income countries to GHG limits according to individual targets.
  16. 31. An agreement between two parties (these could be individuals, organisations, companies or countries). The two parties agree to promises that they will keep in fulfilling their contract to achieve a common goal. An example of this is the 1991 United States–Canada Air Quality agreement.
  17. 35. The legal principle that we should take actions to avoid potential harm to the environment, even when scientific evidence is unclear.
  18. 36. A group of principles or precedents that establish the foundation of a country’s or state’s political and legal system.
  19. 37. An agreement between multiple parties (these could be individuals, organisations, companies, or countries). The various parties involved agree to promises that they will keep in fulfilling their contract to achieve a common goal. An example of this is the 1997 Kyoto Protocol – there are around 192 parties/countries involved.
  20. 38. A plan submitted to the UNFCCC by low-income countries that describes their most urgent needs to adapt to climate change; the plans help define funding and technical assistance from higher-income countries.
  21. 39. An approach to limit climate change by creating a market with limited allowances for carbon emissions that organisations can buy and sell; also known as cap and trade, carbon pricing, and emissions trading.
  22. 40. A regional organisation of ten countries that coordinate with one another on economic and political issues..
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  1. 2. A payment from government to businesses or individuals, usually based on production output.
  2. 4. The legal position in which environmental obligations and rights, including those related to climate, are written into constitutions.
  3. 6. An international organisation that works on biodiversity conservation and the ecologically sustainable and equitable use of natural resources.
  4. 7. A model that promotes decoupling economic activity from the consumption of finite resources, where systems of production and consumption mimic the way nature works, using materials again and again.
  5. 8. The legal principle that we should involve affected communities (stakeholders) in decision-making processes that have social and environmental impact.
  6. 10. The legal principle that we should take actions to anticipate, mitigate, and avoid potential environmental damage before it happens.
  7. 15. The inherent rights of ecosystems and species, similar to the concept of basic human rights.
  8. 17. Our current economic system where we take materials from our surroundings, make products with them, and when we are done, we discard products as waste.
  9. 18. The right of all people to live in a pollution-free environment and to have equitable access to natural resources.
  10. 19. Investigation into how proposed construction and resulting built environment will affect an area, including environmental and human impacts.
  11. 20. The legal principle that we should consider the social and environmental impacts of government policies and decisions to reduce or eliminate harm.
  12. 23. The rules about how human beings use and impact natural resources, with the aim of improving social and ecological sustainability.
  13. 26. The right of a party to challenge the conduct of another party in court.
  14. 29. personhoodGranting a living or nonliving entity the ability to do things that a human being is entitled to do in the legal system.
  15. 30. An international treaty to reduce human impact on the climate system by stabilising and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
  16. 31. Human-constructed surroundings including buildings and infrastructure.
  17. 32. An international agreement between governments to ensure that the trade in animals and plants does not threaten species survival.
  18. 33. Money made available for mitigating or adapting to the impacts of climate change.
  19. 34. The act of compelling compliance with a law.