3. In 2017, Solomon Hsiang and Trevor Houser calculated that Hurricane Maria could take how long for the economy of the island to return to even the level it enjoyed just before the storm?

4. What word from "Storytelling" means to collect or form into a mass or group?

5. Approximately how many people were evacuated due to Hurricane Irma?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is yellow fever and what are its effects?

2. What correlative statistics does the author provide regarding conflict and global warming in "Climate Conflict"?

3. What is UNICEF?

4. What does "anchoring" refer to in behavioral psychology?

5. What is Zika and what are its effects?

6. How does climate change affect economy?

7. What is permafrost?

8. What is confirmation bias and how does it apply to global warming?

9. What is malaria and how many people does it kill each year?

10. What are some of the examples of climate devastation presented on-screen discussed in "Storytelling"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Paris Agreement? What countries have signed on with the Paris Agreement? What is the goal of the agreement? How have the countries involved changed to account for their signing to the agreement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the critical response to The Uninhabitable Earth. What criticism has come from the climate change community? What criticism has come from outside that community? Why is this book compared to Silent Spring?

Essay Topic 3

What is the Kyoto Protocol? When was it adopted? When was it entered into force? How many parties are there to the Protocol? What is its goal?

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