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(a) two ways in which current global patterns of food consumption are contributing to long-term resource insecurity.
(b) how energy insecurity can create geopolitical tensions at both regional and global scales.
(e) two benefits of transitioning to renewable energy sources.
(f) two reasons why energy demand is increasing globally.
(g) two reasons why countries in Sub-Saharan Africa tend to score lower on the Global Food Security Index.
(e) The map shows the countries with proven oil reserves (in millions of barrels)
Source: US EIA
one country with over 200,000 million barrels of oil reserves.
(f) one continent where most countries have less than 10,000 million barrels of oil reserves.
(g) the global pattern of oil reserves shown on the map.
(h) two ways in which having large oil reserves might affect a country’s development.
(d) Using specific examples from the map, how energy trade flows reflect patterns of global inequality in production and consumption.
(e) two reasons why energy-exporting regions may remain economically or politically vulnerable despite their resource advantage.
The map shows the Global State of Food Security 2022
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
(a) one country with a food security index score of 80 or above.
(b) the term resource security.
(c) Name one country with a high food security score and one country with a low food security score, based on the map.
(d) the global pattern of food security shown on the map.
two reasons how global development processes affect resource availability and consumption.
The following data shows the projected global energy consumption by source from 2020 to 2050. The energy consumption is measured in quadrillion BTUs.
| Year | Coal | Natural Gas | Renewables | Nuclear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 150 | 180 | 80 | 30 |
| 2030 | 130 | 200 | 120 | 32 |
| 2040 | 110 | 220 | 180 | 33 |
| 2050 | 90 | 240 | 260 | 35 |
Using the table, answer Parts 0–3.
(a) the trends in global energy consumption by source from 2020 to 2050 as shown in the data.
(b) two possible reasons for the significant rise in renewable energy consumption from 2020 to 2050.
(c) the potential environmental and economic impacts of the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.
(d) the effectiveness of one technological and one policy intervention that could help accelerate the transition to renewable energy.
(a) the term water scarcity.
(b) the term energy security.
(c) the term circular economy.
(d) two reasons why the ecological footprint of a city might be higher than that of a rural area.
