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From the Ted Talk by Nicola Sturgeon: How small countries can make a big impact on climate change

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We're also seeking to galvanize change on the global sgtae. So we are currently the cochair of a coalition that brings together 200 states, rgnoies, devolved countries like ours to demonstrate leadership in meeting the challenge of climate change. Now that coalition is not represented formally at UN summits, we are not signatories to the treaties that eemrge from these simmtus. But cveolilletcy, we represent two billion people across the world, and about half of the reduction in global emissions that we need to see will depend on the actions we take. They will depend on the legislation we pass, the infrastructure we build, the investments we fund.

Open Cloze


We're also seeking to galvanize change on the global _____. So we are currently the cochair of a coalition that brings together 200 states, _______, devolved countries like ours to demonstrate leadership in meeting the challenge of climate change. Now that coalition is not represented formally at UN summits, we are not signatories to the treaties that ______ from these _______. But ____________, we represent two billion people across the world, and about half of the reduction in global emissions that we need to see will depend on the actions we take. They will depend on the legislation we pass, the infrastructure we build, the investments we fund.

Solution


  1. collectively
  2. regions
  3. summits
  4. emerge
  5. stage

Original Text


We're also seeking to galvanize change on the global stage. So we are currently the cochair of a coalition that brings together 200 states, regions, devolved countries like ours to demonstrate leadership in meeting the challenge of climate change. Now that coalition is not represented formally at UN summits, we are not signatories to the treaties that emerge from these summits. But collectively, we represent two billion people across the world, and about half of the reduction in global emissions that we need to see will depend on the actions we take. They will depend on the legislation we pass, the infrastructure we build, the investments we fund.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
climate change 5
small countries 3
tackling climate 2
small nations 2
bigger countries 2
oil field 2
prime minister 2
fossil fuels 2


Important Words


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  7. climate
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  10. collectively
  11. countries
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  13. depend
  14. devolved
  15. emerge
  16. emissions
  17. formally
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  20. global
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  27. people
  28. reduction
  29. regions
  30. represent
  31. represented
  32. seeking
  33. signatories
  34. stage
  35. states
  36. summits
  37. treaties
  38. world