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From the Ted Talk by Huma Yusuf: A new social contract for global climate justice

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For countries like mine, that means no more poorly planned eyxserspaws or etile real estate developments dotted with swimming pools or golf courses in drought-hit areas. Because sadly, it is true that the scale of devastation in Pakistan, and in climate ciaaetlims elsewhere, is not just the ruselt of climate change but also a consequence of poor governance, of inadequate planning, the lack of ictntrfursraue, corruption and the lack of accountability. This is something the Global South must aenlgwdokce.

Open Cloze

For countries like mine, that means no more poorly planned ___________ or _____ real estate developments dotted with swimming pools or golf courses in drought-hit areas. Because sadly, it is true that the scale of devastation in Pakistan, and in climate __________ elsewhere, is not just the ______ of climate change but also a consequence of poor governance, of inadequate planning, the lack of ______________, corruption and the lack of accountability. This is something the Global South must ___________.

Solution

  1. elite
  2. acknowledge
  3. calamities
  4. result
  5. infrastructure
  6. expressways

Original Text

For countries like mine, that means no more poorly planned expressways or elite real estate developments dotted with swimming pools or golf courses in drought-hit areas. Because sadly, it is true that the scale of devastation in Pakistan, and in climate calamities elsewhere, is not just the result of climate change but also a consequence of poor governance, of inadequate planning, the lack of infrastructure, corruption and the lack of accountability. This is something the Global South must acknowledge.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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climate justice 2
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