PPP July Quiz

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Across
  1. 2. An Yolŋu Aboriginal Australian musician known for his multi-instrumentalist skills, powerful voice and cultural legacy (8)
  2. 4. Spatial resolution (in m) of sentinel-2 imagery (red, green, blue and near-infrared bands) (3)
  3. 5. A microclimate effect causing elevated temperatures in urban environments where canopy cover has been reduced. Effect also prevalent in large solar farms (4,6)
  4. 7. The name of the engineering law that describes the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance (3)
  5. 10. Low-lying Pacific Nation where more than 3000 residents entered a recent ballot for Australia's climate change visa program (6)
  6. 12. Emissions from a company’s value chain, including suppliers and product use are categorized as Scope ______ (5)
  7. 13. Acronym for lawsuits aimed at silencing critics through legal intimidation (abbr.)(5)
  8. 15. Process by which permafrost releases methane (7)
  9. 17. Abbreviation for the principle requiring Indigenous consent for projects on their lands (abbr.)(4)
  10. 19. Decrease in ocean pH caused by absorption of anthropogenic CO2 from the atmosphere (13)
  11. 21. Traditional Custodians of the land now known as central Sydney (7)
  12. 22. Scenario framework used by the IPCC to model future climate outcomes based on different socioeconomic development trajectories (abbr.)(3)
  13. 23. Noongar season marking the coldest, wettest part of the year from June–July (6)
  14. 24. A high-moisture variety of coal, requiring higher emissions per unit of energy when burnt (5)
  15. 26. Abbreviation for the UN declaration affirming Indigenous rights globally (abbr.)(6)
  16. 27. International biodiversity agreement adopted in 1992 (abbr.)(3)
  17. 28. Species featured on WWF's logo since 1961 (5)
  18. 30. Pumped hydro facility under construction which utilises two disused gold mines (6)
Down
  1. 1. Lightweight composite material forming the primary structural material of wind turbine blades (10)
  2. 3. the typical unit of measurement on your home gas bill (9)
  3. 6. Surname of the young litigant in landmark Federal Court case seeking duty of care from the Environment Minister regarding climate change impacts (6)
  4. 8. Excessive enrichment of water bodies with nutrients, often exacerbated by agricultural runoff (14)
  5. 9. A species that has a disproportionately large impact on its ecosystem relative to its abundance (8)
  6. 11. Term for the misleading practice of exaggerating or fabricating environmental credentials (12)
  7. 14. Biodiversity metric that reflects the number of individuals per species; often paired with richness to describe community structure (9)
  8. 16. Critical threshold in a system beyond which severe and potentially irreversible environmental changes occur (7,5)
  9. 18. Acronym for a week celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, celebrated 6-13 July 2025 (abbr.)(6)
  10. 20. Type of emissions linked to banks’ and investors’ lending or portfolio activities (8)
  11. 25. Necessary reduction or prevention of renewable energy generation due to grid constraints or oversupply (11)
  12. 29. Name of the 2024 UK court case requiring downstream emissions in oil and gas project assessments (5)