Quiz – Carbon Budget Explained

Question 1 of 6

1. Question

The market price of one ton of CO2

Cumulative emissions limits aligned with temperature targets

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Annual government spending on climate programs

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The daily carbon absorbed by all forests

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The market price of one ton of CO2

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Question 2 of 6

2. Question

Three hundred years

Nine years

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Ninety years

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Fifty years

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Three hundred years

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Question 3 of 6

3. Question

Cooling temperatures relax the constraint

Ongoing cumulative emissions deplete the remaining allowance

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Rising forest cover captures more carbon

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A falling population reduces the limit

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Cooling temperatures relax the constraint

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Question 4 of 6

4. Question

Voluntary individual sacrifice alone

Differentiated responsibility frameworks

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First-come first-served emissions

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Uniform per-country caps ignoring history

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Voluntary individual sacrifice alone

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Question 5 of 6

5. Question

Purely economic GDP scenarios

1.5C and 2C warming scenarios

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4C and 6C warming scenarios

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Pre-industrial cooling scenarios

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Purely economic GDP scenarios

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Question 6 of 6

6. Question

Match each concept to its correct description.

Sort elements

Cumulative emissions cap for a temperature target
Rate at which the remaining allowance is used up
Equitable burden-sharing among nations
Emission cuts spread across industries

Carbon budget

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Budget depletion

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Differentiated responsibility

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Sectoral decarbonization

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