185. Who is Responsible for Climate Change? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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Who is responsible for climate change? Is it the countries with the highest pollution right now? Or is it the wealthy countries who had the highest emissions in the past? How about the fossil fuel companies? Or is it normal people? Let’s talk about it today!
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Vocabulary List
Mitigation (n) – the act of reducing how harmful, unpleasant, or bad something is
We need effective mitigation of climate change
Adaptation (n) – the process of changing to suit different conditions
The team’s adaptation to the speed of the premier league is surprising
Developing (adj) – A developing country or area of the world is poorer and has less advanced industries, especially in Africa, Latin America, or Asia
This scholarship is for people from developing countries
Reparation (n) – payment for harm or damage:
The company had to make reparation to those who suffered ill health as a result of chemical pollution.
Emission (n) – an amount of a substance that is produced and sent out into the air that is harmful to the environment, especially carbon dioxide
These health risks are caused by vehicle emissions.
per capita (adv/adj) – If you express an amount per capita, you mean that amount for each person
The per capita income is very low
carbon footprint (n) – Someone’s carbon footprint is a measurement of the amount of carbon dioxide that their activities produce
Flying to Japan increased by carbon footprint
To offset (v) – to pay for things that will reduce carbon dioxide in order to reduce the damage caused by carbon dioxide that you produce
We offset all our long-haul flights.
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