What happened in climate news in 2024? Take our quiz
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It was a year of bad climate news, but some good news too. Even though the year hasn't wrapped up, 2024 will be the hottest year on record, and scientists are warning it could end up more than 1.5 C above the pre-industrial average. There were some damaging weather disasters. But we also shared some good news about decreasing emissions and climate solutions. Were you paying attention?
Here are 10 questions to test your knowledge of this year's climate stories. Keep track of your answers and check them at the bottom of the page.
1. In September and October, Florida was hit hard by two hurricanes made worse by climate change. What were the names?
a) Francine and Helene. b) Helene and Milton. c) Isaac and Oscar. d) Beryl and Ernesto.
2. A company in California is sending balloons full of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere in an effort to reflect sunlight and cool the Earth to fend off global warming. What is this process called?
a) Marine cloud brightening. b) Cloud thinning. c) Space sunshades. d) Aerosol injection.
3. Nations have been meeting this year to hammer out a treaty on plastic pollution. How heavy was the plastic thrown away globally between 1950 and 2015? As heavy as:
a) More than 13 million 747 jumbo jets. b) More than two million Saturn V rockets. c) More than 54,000 CN towers. d) Almost 25,000 Icon of the Seas cruise ships (the current largest one).
4. The big deal at this year's UN Climate Summit, COP29, was climate financing for developing countries. In an agreement called the NCQG, countries agree to deliver $300 billion annually by 2035. What does NCQG stand for?
a) National Climate Quotas for Governance. b) New Collective Quantified Goal. c) Near Crisis Quarterly Grants. d) Needs-based Climate Quotient Goal.
5. The Insurance Board of Canada said this summer shattered records for insured losses from weather disasters. Of these four summertime catastrophic events, which cost the most?
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