CHAPTER 1

Study Says Environmental Factors Shaping New Global Economy

1. According to the 2008 World Watch report, the growth rates in the renewable energy technologies are about:

10-20%

20-30%

30-40%

40-50%

2. In 2006, investment in renewable energy amounted to:

$27 billion.

$32 billion.

$46 billion.

$52 billion.

3. A report for the British government estimated the damage from global climate change as a percentage of total economic product to be:

5%.

4. Of the 15 major fishing areas of the world today, how many are fished at or beyond their capacity?

5. The Equator Principles deal with:

Social and environmental equity in economic activity

Climate change in equatorial regions

Trade relations with countries that straddle the equator

None of the above