02. Search the local newspapers of your country for articles about climate change.
a) What kind of direct problems have been mentioned?
b) What solutions have been proposed?
c) What priority have these reports about climate change been given in the newspapers in your country?
d) Which headline caught your eye and impressed you the most? Explain the reason why.
e) Which headline would you give an article about climat change?
2.
a) The flora and fauna will be affected – and it is already. The people who will suffer most from the climate change will be the poor of the world. Loss of property caused by natural catastrophes will be huge and the costs will be enormous. China, India and Bangladesh will be flooded and millions of people will lose their home and death will appear. Because of the floods in coastal areas the crops will drop out and many people will suffer from hunger. It’s possible that illnesses will spread, for example Malaria.
b) We should save on crude oil as good as we can, and we should use renewable energies (like wind, water, sun, tide, geothermic warmth, and so on..). All the people should use the car less often and it’s useful to separate the garbage.
c) It’s constantly mentioned in newspapers and on television but it’s not the number one priority.
d) None
e) “It’s important to act.” The message is short and precise.
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