Working with a small group, put together a debate on the issue of carbon inequity— specifically, on whether developing countries should be held to the same emission reduction targets as developed countries

What will be an ideal response?


Responses and arguments will vary. Students should consider the (1) amount and rates of emissions; (2) the inequalities of the global economy; and (3) the history of resource exploitation of the developing world by developing countries.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

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is called ____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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What document delineates the relationship and land rights between the British Crown and Maori people?

A) Treaty of Raratonga B) Treaty of Waitangi C) Antarctic Treaty D) Law of the Sea E) Maori-British Treaty

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Earth can be visualized as a giant machine driven by which of the following engines?

A. regional and local B. surficial and heat C. buried and exposed D. expanding and condensing E. solar and internal

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Most exports of Eastern Africa are from

A. mining B. forestry C. manufacturing D. agriculture

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