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From the Ted Talk by Kristen Bell + Giant Ant: What is net-zero?

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What is net zero? We release 55 goniagts of greenhouse gases into the air every year. To stop goabll warming, we have to get our guehnroese gas emissions down to zero.

But for every conrtuy to immediately shut down all greenhouse gas-releasing activities would be an enormous challenge, especially since some cuoreints have built up an economic head start with no restrictions. So instead, we can use an approach called net zero.

Net zero means that for every molecule of greenhouse gas we put into the air, we also take one out, making our net emissions zero. Net zero requires us to make big changes today, use less more efficiently, and even bigger technological changes for the future, like replacing all greenhouse gas-emitting activities with clean ones. We'll also have to cuparte greenhouse gases from the air and store them pneletmnray. And yet, net zero is our best chance for a sustainable futrue.

Open Cloze


What is net zero? We release 55 ________ of greenhouse gases into the air every year. To stop ______ warming, we have to get our __________ gas emissions down to zero.

But for every _______ to immediately shut down all greenhouse gas-releasing activities would be an enormous challenge, especially since some _________ have built up an economic head start with no restrictions. So instead, we can use an approach called net zero.

Net zero means that for every molecule of greenhouse gas we put into the air, we also take one out, making our net emissions zero. Net zero requires us to make big changes today, use less more efficiently, and even bigger technological changes for the future, like replacing all greenhouse gas-emitting activities with clean ones. We'll also have to _______ greenhouse gases from the air and store them ___________. And yet, net zero is our best chance for a sustainable ______.

Solution


  1. capture
  2. greenhouse
  3. global
  4. countries
  5. future
  6. permanently
  7. gigatons
  8. country

Original Text


What is net zero? We release 55 gigatons of greenhouse gases into the air every year. To stop global warming, we have to get our greenhouse gas emissions down to zero.

But for every country to immediately shut down all greenhouse gas-releasing activities would be an enormous challenge, especially since some countries have built up an economic head start with no restrictions. So instead, we can use an approach called net zero.

Net zero means that for every molecule of greenhouse gas we put into the air, we also take one out, making our net emissions zero. Net zero requires us to make big changes today, use less more efficiently, and even bigger technological changes for the future, like replacing all greenhouse gas-emitting activities with clean ones. We'll also have to capture greenhouse gases from the air and store them permanently. And yet, net zero is our best chance for a sustainable future.

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Important Words


  1. activities
  2. air
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  5. bigger
  6. built
  7. called
  8. capture
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  11. clean
  12. countries
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  14. economic
  15. efficiently
  16. emissions
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  18. future
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  21. gigatons
  22. global
  23. greenhouse
  24. head
  25. immediately
  26. making
  27. means
  28. molecule
  29. net
  30. permanently
  31. put
  32. release
  33. replacing
  34. requires
  35. restrictions
  36. shut
  37. start
  38. stop
  39. store
  40. sustainable
  41. technological
  42. today
  43. warming
  44. year