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From the Ted Talk by Rebecca Collyer: How to supercharge renewables and energize the world

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David Biello: So tell me about ReNew2030.

Rebecca Colyer: David, ReNew2030 is a coalition of regional climate foundations, think tanks and NGOs working around the world to scale wind and solar. Why is this so irtpmnaot in the fight to protect our climate? Well, because the power sector is relpsosbnie for 50 percent of all the emissions we need to reduce before 2030. It needs to go first because we need it to electrify other soetcrs. We also need to make sure that the toiiasntrn is fast. As well as first, it needs to go fast. We've got a widonw of just seven years. Seven years to see those exponential curves hit the roof.

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David Biello: So tell me about ReNew2030.

Rebecca Colyer: David, ReNew2030 is a coalition of regional climate foundations, think tanks and NGOs working around the world to scale wind and solar. Why is this so _________ in the fight to protect our climate? Well, because the power sector is ___________ for 50 percent of all the emissions we need to reduce before 2030. It needs to go first because we need it to electrify other _______. We also need to make sure that the __________ is fast. As well as first, it needs to go fast. We've got a ______ of just seven years. Seven years to see those exponential curves hit the roof.

Solution


  1. responsible
  2. window
  3. important
  4. sectors
  5. transition

Original Text


David Biello: So tell me about ReNew2030.

Rebecca Colyer: David, ReNew2030 is a coalition of regional climate foundations, think tanks and NGOs working around the world to scale wind and solar. Why is this so important in the fight to protect our climate? Well, because the power sector is responsible for 50 percent of all the emissions we need to reduce before 2030. It needs to go first because we need it to electrify other sectors. We also need to make sure that the transition is fast. As well as first, it needs to go fast. We've got a window of just seven years. Seven years to see those exponential curves hit the roof.

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Important Words


  1. climate
  2. coalition
  3. curves
  4. david
  5. electrify
  6. emissions
  7. exponential
  8. fast
  9. fight
  10. foundations
  11. hit
  12. important
  13. ngos
  14. percent
  15. power
  16. protect
  17. rebecca
  18. reduce
  19. regional
  20. responsible
  21. roof
  22. scale
  23. sector
  24. sectors
  25. solar
  26. tanks
  27. transition
  28. wind
  29. window
  30. working
  31. world
  32. years