World Environment Day

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In Today's theme is World Environment Day, Nature, conservation and protecting our Planet. Question one. World Environment Day is the United Nations flagship day for encouraging environmental awareness and action around the globe, which UN program coordinates and sets the annual theme for World Environment Day each year. Question two. You'll often hear conservationists talk about the thirty by thirty goal in simple terms? What does this target commit the world to achieve by the year twenty thirty? Question three? Covering only about three percent of Earth's land but storing roughly one third of the world's soil carbon, which carbon rich ecosystems are climate powerhouses that can release vast emissions if drained or burned.

1:02 Question four. A landmark environmental success story, the nineteen eighty seven Montreal Protocol targeted a category of chemicals used in aerosol sprays and refrigeration that were destroying the ozone layer. What are these chemicals called? Question five? In a pioneering legal step for conservation, which country in two thousand and eight became the first to enshrine the rights of nature referred to as pacha mama in its National Constitution. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back.

1:46 Question one. Which UN program coordinates World Environment Day? Answer? United Nations Environment Program UNEP. UNP has led World Environment Day since it was established following the nineteen seventy two U Stockholm Conference, with the first celebration held in nineteen seventy four. Each year, UNIP selects a host and theme to mobilize worldwide participation and policy attention. Question two. What does the thirty x thirty to target aim to do by twenty thirty? Answer? Protect at least thirty percent of the planet's land and oceans. The thirty by thirty target, enshrined in the twenty twenty two Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, aims to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services by expanding well managed, protected and conserved areas across terrestrial and marine realms. Question three.

2:36 Which ecosystems cover tilda three percent of land yet hold about a third of soil carbon Answer peatlands. Peatlands accumulate partially decomposed plant material over millennia, locking away immense amounts of carbon. When disturbed, they can emit carbon dioxide and methane when conserved and rewetted, they are major natural climate solutions. Question four, which chemicals did the nineteen eighty seven Montreal Protocol phase out? Answer chlorofluorocarbon CFCs. Phasing out CFC's has allowed the ozone layer to begin recovering and also avoided significant warming. Because CFCs are potent greenhouse gases. The protocol is often cited as one of the most successful global environmental agreements. Question five Which country first granted constitutional rights to nature in two thousand and eight? Answer Ecuador. Ecuador's constitution recognizes nature's right to exist and regenerate, inspiring similar legal movements worldwide. Courts there have since cited these rights in cases involving rivers, forests, and wildlife protection. That concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.