Kampala Yénkya Quiz

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Q.1

What is causing climate change?

A hole in the ozone layer
Too much carbon in the atmosphere
Too much pollution in the rivers
Nobody knows

Q.2

What does the term 'Greenhouse Effect' refer to?

Making the outside air colder
Keeping the warmth from escaping the atmosphere

Q.3

When will we first see the effects of climate change?

About 10 years from now
About 50 years from now
About 1000 years from now
We can already see them now!

Q.4

Which country has caused the most climate change so far?

Uganda
China
United Kingdom
United States of America
Saudi Arabia

Q.5

1 billion tonnes (1 Gt) is the same as

100 tonnes
1000 tonnes
1000000 tonnes
1000000000 tonnes

Q.6

The Paris Agreement

Red wine must come from Bordeaux region
Limiting the size of ozone hole
Keeping the rise in global temperatures well below 2 degrees

Q.7

Do these statements describe climate or weather?

	Climate	Weather
Largely tropical, with two rainy seasons
Tropical savannah, tropical forests and arid steppe
This is a cold evening: it is 17 degrees
Yesterday it rained all day
December to February are the hottest months
Soon it will be too hot
It does not snow in Uganda
5000 years ago Sahara was green
“Changes in air temperature, not precipitation, drove the expansion and contraction of glaciers in Africa's Rwenzori Mountains at the height of the last ice age”

Largely tropical, with two rainy seasons

Climate Weather

Tropical savannah, tropical forests and arid steppe

Climate Weather

This is a cold evening: it is 17 degrees

Climate Weather

Yesterday it rained all day

Climate Weather

December to February are the hottest months

Climate Weather

Soon it will be too hot

Climate Weather

It does not snow in Uganda

Climate Weather

5000 years ago Sahara was green

Climate Weather

“Changes in air temperature, not precipitation, drove the expansion and contraction of glaciers in Africa's Rwenzori Mountains at the height of the last ice age”

Climate Weather

Q.8

Rains in Kampala are influenced by (rank the options, they all have some impact!):

Irrigation in India
Pacific Ocean
Climate change
Indian Ocean
Kampala being a large city

Q.9

How strongly do you agree with: “Human activities, principally through emissions of greenhouse gases, have unequivocally caused global warming, with global surface temperature reaching 1.1°C above 1850-1900 in 2011-2020."

IPCC 2023
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_SYR_SPM.pdf

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Q.10

We can use technology that removes CO2 and nature-based solutions such as planting trees to reverse global warming, but not all of its impacts.

True
False