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  • What has made the monsoon rains in Asia less reliable?
    Increasing temperatures.
  • What is the accepted reason behind these extreme weather events?
    Human-induced climate change.
  • What is the best-case scenario goal for global temperature increase?
    To keep global temperatures to less than $2^\circ\text{C}$ above preindustrial levels.
  • What key factor will determine future temperatures?
    Our ability to reduce carbon emissions.
  • How much lower is crop production forecast to be for some European crops?
    Up to fifty percent lower.
  • Why did the heatwave cause power cuts in China?
    Lakes supplying hydroelectric power stations dried up.
  • What two issues will result from decreased crop production?
    Food shortages and higher prices.
  • Besides humans, what plays a large part in the extent of wildfire damage?
    Climate (scorching temperatures and lightning from storms).
  • Name three poorer countries mentioned as experiencing increasingly extreme weather.
    Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
  • Why do increasing temperatures lead to more severe floods?
    More moisture evaporates, resulting in more and heavier raindrops falling in a shorter time.
  • What is one major problem caused by high temperatures across Europe?
    Wildfires have destroyed vast areas of vegetation and sometimes houses/towns.
  • In what form are developing countries sometimes receiving promised funding?
    In the form of loans they cannot repay.
  • Which regions experienced record-breaking heatwaves in the summer of 2022?
    India, the UK, Brazil, and Australia.
  • Which agreement set emissions targets in 2015?
    The Paris Agreement.
  • What effect did the heatwave have on China's power supply?
    Power cuts.
  • Name two places devastated by floods due to increasing temperatures.
    New Zealand and Pakistan.
  • What is forecast to happen to crop production in Europe due to drought?
    It's forecast to be up to fifty percent lower for some crops.
  • What is trapping heat in the atmosphere?
    Emissions caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
  • Which group of people will find it increasingly difficult to work outdoors?
    People working outdoors in already hot countries, like Sub-Saharan African farmers.
  • How much more likely are extreme temperatures now a result of climate change?
    Ten times more likely.
  • What other extreme weather event is becoming more common?
    Cyclones.
  • Why are poorer countries looking to richer countries for more finance?
    They claim they are bearing the brunt of climate change caused by richer nations.
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