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  Sustainable Development Quiz...

AIMS
This quick test aims to check your underpinning knowledge of "Promoting Sustainable Development"

TASK
Select one of the four possible answers for each question from those available (to deselect a choice click the tick next to it).

Click 'answers and score' at the bottom of the page to see how you have done.

1. Who spelt out sustainable development?

Finland
 Ogoniland
 Bruntland
 England
2. Who does the government delegate responsibility to promote sustainable development?
Environment Agency
 CBI
 TUC
 Local Authority
3. Which European country has the most Negotiated Environmental Agreements?
Denmark
 Netherlands
 Germany
 United Kingdom
4. Who tops the world Environmental Sustainability Index?
Finland
 Canada
 South Africa
 New Zealand
5 Who makes 'type 2 partnerships' ?
Government & Private Companies
 Managers & Employees
 Business & NGOs
 Two countries
6 An 'Ecofootprint' shows our overall environmental impact in terms of: - ?
Land used
 Air Quality
 Water used
 Money spent on Environmental Protection
7 An 'Ecorucksack' refers to?
Carrying Capacity
 Transport Policy
 Material Flow
 Air Pollution

8 Using Life Cycle Analysis, which has the most Global Warming Potential, per unit of cost of production

Steel Mills
 Office Machines
 Paper Mills
 Air Transport
9 Who administers the rules of the world trade system?
UN
 WHO
 WTO
 World Bank
10 What is the goal of sustainable development?
Profitablility
 Sustainability
 Environmental Targets
 Survival
11. What was the target set for sanitation at the World Summit on Sustainable Development?
Eradicate bad sanitation by 2020
 Halve people without access by 2015
 Halve people without access by 2010
 Improve access to drinking water
12. Which of the following is NOT a Headline Indicator of Sustainable Development in the UK?
Economy must continue to grow
 Tackling poverty and social exclusion
Occupational Ill-health
 Improving River Quality

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