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From the Ted Talk by Rose M. Mutiso: The energy Africa needs to develop -- and fight climate change
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Second, Africa needs more enregy to fight climate caghne, not less. Because of its climate vulnerability, Africa's climate fhigt is about adaptation and resilience, and ctmalie adaptation is energy-intensive. To respond to extreme weather, Africans will need more renelisit infrastructure. We're talking seawalls, highways, safe buildings and more. To cope with drought, Africans will need pumped irrigation for their artlrcuguie, and many will need desalination for fresh water. And to survive soaring temperatures, Africans will need cold storage and ACs in hundreds of millions of hmoes, offices, warehouses, factories, data centers and the like. These are all energy-intensive aveititcis. If we fail at mitigation, the rich countries' plan B for climate change is to simply adapt. Africans need and deserve that same catapicy for adaptation.
Open Cloze
Second, Africa needs more ______ to fight climate ______, not less. Because of its climate vulnerability, Africa's climate _____ is about adaptation and resilience, and _______ adaptation is energy-intensive. To respond to extreme weather, Africans will need more _________ infrastructure. We're talking seawalls, highways, safe buildings and more. To cope with drought, Africans will need pumped irrigation for their ___________, and many will need desalination for fresh water. And to survive soaring temperatures, Africans will need cold storage and ACs in hundreds of millions of _____, offices, warehouses, factories, data centers and the like. These are all energy-intensive __________. If we fail at mitigation, the rich countries' plan B for climate change is to simply adapt. Africans need and deserve that same ________ for adaptation.
Solution
- agriculture
- energy
- capacity
- homes
- activities
- resilient
- climate
- change
- fight
Original Text
Second, Africa needs more energy to fight climate change, not less. Because of its climate vulnerability, Africa's climate fight is about adaptation and resilience, and climate adaptation is energy-intensive. To respond to extreme weather, Africans will need more resilient infrastructure. We're talking seawalls, highways, safe buildings and more. To cope with drought, Africans will need pumped irrigation for their agriculture, and many will need desalination for fresh water. And to survive soaring temperatures, Africans will need cold storage and ACs in hundreds of millions of homes, offices, warehouses, factories, data centers and the like. These are all energy-intensive activities. If we fail at mitigation, the rich countries' plan B for climate change is to simply adapt. Africans need and deserve that same capacity for adaptation.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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climate change |
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carbon budget |
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african countries |
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air conditioners |
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rich countries |
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energy abundance |
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fight climate |
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global market |
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poor nations |
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billion people |
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global energy |
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energy system |
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natural gas |
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power plants |
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