Indicators of Sustainable Development

1. By what percentage have UK emissions of greenhouse gases changed since 1990?
A. +16%
B. -14%
C. +9%
D. -19%

2. Roughly what percentage of household waste in England and Wales is recycled or composted?
A. 35%
B. 25%
C. 15%
D. 5%

3. Which of the following is roughly equivalent in weight to an adult male Indian elephant?
A. The average amount of household, commercial and industrial waste produced each year per person in the UK?
B. The average amount of CO2 emissions attributable to domestic energy use per person in the UK
C. The amount of remaining discovered and recoverable oil reserves within the UK per person?
D. An adult male African elephant

4. What percentage of people in England said that they regularly use low-energy light bulbs?
A. 9%
B. 16%
C. 31%
D. 48%

5. What percentage of people in England regard their quality of life as fairly or very good?
A. 29%
B. 42%
C. 67%
D. 83%

6. What percentage of people in England said that they could easily access a local green space or local countryside without using a car or other transport?
A. 39%
B. 52%
C. 73%
D. 84%

7. What percentage of people in England said that they had heard of the term "sustainable development" (before the World Summit in 2002)?
A. 22%
B. 34%
C. 46%
D. 57%

8. What percentage of children in Great Britain walk to school?
A. 81%
B. 64%
C. 44%
D. 31%

9. What percentage of electricity generated in the UK comes from renewable sources?
A. 3%
B. 8%
C. 13%
D. 18%

10. What percentage of new homes are built on 'brownfield' (redeveloped) land?
A. 31%
B. 47%
C. 55%
D. 66%

11. What percentage of people of working age are in employment?
A. 52%
B. 66%
C. 75%
D. 82%

12. What percentage of freight in Great Britain is transported by rail?
A. 2%
B. 8%
C. 18%
D. 25%

13. Approximately how many overseas flights were made by UK residents in 2002?
A. 12 million
B. 26 million
C. 39 million
D. 44 million

14. What factor is most often mentioned by people as affecting their quality of life?
A. Money
B. Health
C. Family and friends
D. Transportation

15. To what extent have CO2 emissions from transport changed since 1970?
A. increased by less than a third
B. increased by less than two thirds
C. more than doubled
D. more than tripled

16. Based on CO2 emissions per head of population, which of these rankings is correct (from highest emissions to lowest)?
A. Russia, United States, Australia, UK
B. United States, Australia, Russia, UK
C. United States, Russia, UK, Australia
D. Russia, United States, UK, Australia

17. To what extent have the number of deaths from circulatory diseases in England and Wales changed since 1970?
A. fallen by half
B. fallen by a quarter
C. stayed the same
D. doubled

18. According to the British Crime Survey by what percentage have vehicle crimes (theft of or from vehicles) changed since 1991?
A. increased by 30%
B. increased by 65%
C. decreased by 20%
D. decreased by 45%

19. To what extent have farmland bird populations changed since the mid 1970s?
A. stayed roughly the same
B. doubled
C. fallen by half
D. fallen by a quarter

20. In real terms, to what extent has the cost of motoring changed since the 1970s?
A. increased by half
B. increased by a third
C. stayed roughly the same
D. decreased by a quarter

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