Sustainable Development & Green Technologies Flashcards
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Which energy storage technology is most commonly paired with utility-scale solar PV installations to address intermittency?
Answer: Lithium-ion battery storage
Lithium-ion battery storage dominates utility-scale solar-plus-storage deployments due to rapid cost declines, fast response times, and modular scalability.
The 'just transition' concept in sustainable development primarily addresses which concern?
Answer: Protecting workers and communities dependent on fossil fuel industries as economies decarbonize
Just transition focuses on ensuring that fossil fuel workers, host communities, and vulnerable groups are supported with retraining, economic diversification, and social protections during decarbonization.
What distinguishes second-generation biofuels from first-generation biofuels?
Answer: Second-generation biofuels use non-food lignocellulosic feedstocks such as agricultural residues
Second-generation biofuels are made from lignocellulosic biomass (crop residues, wood waste) rather than food crops, avoiding the food-vs-fuel conflict.
A municipality installs permeable pavement to manage stormwater. This is an example of which type of green infrastructure approach?
Answer: Nature-based solutions (NbS)
Permeable pavement is a nature-based solution that mimics natural hydrological processes to reduce runoff, recharge groundwater, and mitigate urban flooding.
Under the ISO 14001 standard, what is an organization required to establish?
Answer: An Environmental Management System (EMS) with continuous improvement
ISO 14001 requires organizations to implement an Environmental Management System with a plan-do-check-act cycle for continuous environmental performance improvement.
What is the primary climate benefit of installing cool roofs or white roofs on urban buildings?
Answer: They reflect solar radiation, reducing cooling loads and the urban heat island effect
Cool roofs use high-albedo materials to reflect sunlight, lowering roof surface temperatures and reducing air conditioning demand while countering urban heat islands.
Which of the following best describes 'additionality' in the context of carbon offset projects?
Answer: The requirement that emission reductions would not have occurred without the carbon offset financing
Additionality ensures that carbon offsets represent genuine new reductions that would not have happened under a business-as-usual scenario without the offset incentive.