Pre-reading questions:
- What is climate change?
- What do you think causes climate change?
- How does climate change affect our way of living?
The Paris Agreement gains approval to prevent climate change. It aims to limit the global temperatures to 2°C or possibly to 1.5°C. However, the steps to accomplish the agreement are yet to be figured out. Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency in Paris, said that temperatures will still be up to 2.7°C even if the countries that signed the agreement fully achieve their primary promises.
Some companies are still thinking of ways to address climate change. The agreement also made the market for carbon emissions weak. Yet, the usage of fuel is still high since more people can afford to travel by air and fuel-powered cars still sell more than electric cars. Although electric cars are popular, the sales for it is only about 1% of all cars sold. Despite the struggle to solve the problems of climate change, executives still promise to involve themselves to fight it.
Vocabulary:
approval – acceptance of an idea, action, plan, etc.
executive – a person with a high position in an organization
achieve – to reach or accomplish
address – to deal with; to handle
Comprehension Questions:
- What is the aim of the Paris Climate Change Agreement?
- What did the agreement do to carbon emissions market?
- Why is fuel usage still high?
- What do executives still promise to do even if with the struggles to prevent climate change?
Express Your Opinion:
- What can you do to help prevent climate change?
- How will you encourage others to help save the environment?
- What else should big companies do to solve the problems caused by global warming?