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Question 1- According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report 2025, even if all latest national pledges are implemented, global warming is still projected to reach about:

1.5 °C

2.3-2.5 °C

3.0-3.5 °C

4 °C

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Question 2- In 2025, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that the year is likely to rank as the:

Coldest year on record

Average temperature

Second warmest year on record

Nothing certain

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Question 3- Where and when is COP30 scheduled to take place in 2025?

Dubai, UAE — October 5-16

Belém, Brazil — 10-21 November

Vancouver, Canada — December 1-12

Nairobi, Kenya — August 15-26

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Question 4- According to the 2025 NDC Synthesis Report, about what percent of Parties’ new NDCs include economy-wide mitigation targets?

62%

76%

89%

95%

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Question 5- At COP30, which of the following is not among the six priority axes of the Action Agenda for energy transition and ecosystem restoration?

Tripling global renewable energy capacity

Transition away from fossil-fuels in energy systems

Reversing deforestation & forest degradation

Halving energy-efficiency improvement rate

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Question 6- The World Meteorological Organization warned that 2023-2025 may constitute the warmest three-year period on record. What are the implications of this for the climate system?

It signals that warming has stopped

It shows a temporary blip likely to reverse

It underlines that climate change is accelerating and irreversible damage may be underway

It means the planet is cooling

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Question 7- In 2025, scientists flagged that about 84% of global coral reef ecosystems have been impacted by the ongoing bleaching event. Which phenomenon is driving this bleaching?

Over-fishing only

Elevated ocean-temperatures and climate change stress

Brick-making by lakeside communities

None of the above

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Question 8- The World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2025 ranked which of the following as a top 10 long-term risk?

Biodiversity loss & ecosystem collapse

Over-production of documentaries

Lack of chocolate

Free public WiFi

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Question 9- What trend was recorded in 2024-25 that underscores the worsening environmental crisis concerning greenhouse-gas concentrations?

CO₂ levels dropped significantly

CO₂, methane, nitrous-oxide levels reached new highs

All emissions ceased

Greenhouse-gas monitoring stopped

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Question 10- Which of the following is an example of a “frontier” environmental issue – less talked about but emerging – highlighted in the Frontiers 2025: The Weight of Time report?

Micro-pizza waste

Decline in book-reading due to climate change

Increase in carnival parades

Reactivation of microbes in thawing cryosphere

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Question 11- Which region’s crop production experienced dramatic loss due to drought in 2024-25, as per OECD findings?

Romania (2.5 million hectares lost)

North Pole

Maldives

Antarctica

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Question 12- According to the EEA’s Europe’s Environment and Climate: Knowledge for Resilience, Prosperity and Sustainability (2025), what are the “triple planetary crises” Europe must address now?

Too many smartphones, too much coffee, not enough pizza

Only pollution

Climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution

Only biodiversity loss

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