1. CLIMATE CHANGE. We need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 45% before 2050 to avoid a climate disaster. True or false?
True
2. POLLUTION. True or false? Plastic shopping bags take up to 500 years to decompose.
False. Plastic shopping bags take up to 1000 years to decompose.
3. DEFORESTATION. 96% of deforestation takes place in rainforests (tropical forests). True or false?
True. 50% of organisms on Earth live in rainforests and beef is responsible for 41% of global deforestation
4. WATER SCARCITY. True or false? A fifteen minute shower uses about 100 liters of water.
False. A fifteen minute shower can use up to 190 liters of water.
5. DEPLETION OF NATURAL RESOURCES. Between 50 and 100%, how much of world's energy is produced by burning fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels—including coal, oil, and natural gas—have been powering economies for over 150 years, and currently supply about 80 percent of the world's energy.
6.LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY. In recent decades, wild-insect pollinators such as bees, butterflies, hoverflies and moths have dramatically declined in abundance and diversity in Europe. Many species are on the verge of extinction. True or false?
True. The EC presented in 2018 the EU Pollinators Initiative, the first comprehensive initiative at EU level, focusing on wild pollinating insects.
7. SOCIAL INEQUALITY. True or false? Many countries have no laws to ensure equal pay for men and women.
True. According to Eurostat, in 2021, women's gross hourly earnings were on average 12.7 % below those of men in the EU.
8. UNSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. The appropriate practice to be performed is organic farming. True or false?
True. It involves use of energy and natural resources in a responsible way,promote animal health and contribute to maintaining biodiversity,ecological balance.
9. URBANIZATION. In all EU cities, smart bikes have been introduced, electric bikes that are able to store the energy produced while pedalling, and to release it while cycling uphill, without any need to connect to the electricity source.
False.
10. WASTE MANAGEMENT. When is the EU circular economy action plan due?
2050. It includes empowering consumers for the green transition, reviewing the construction product regulation and a strategy on sustainable textiles
