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From the Ted Talk by Hongqiao Liu: Can China achieve its ambitious climate pledges?

Unscramble the Blue Letters

But regardless of all those cnhlaeelgs, China has made its pledge. So how can cinha get there? China has pledged that it will not build any [more] coal power plants abroad, and it will start to phase out coal consumption starting from the 15th Five-Year period. That's 2026 and onwards. Its greening up the energy structure and ramping up electrification. According to experts from tniughsa University, electricity can meet 79 percent of China's final energy consumption by 2060, if net-zero is aveicehd. And that's almost trplie today's level.

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But regardless of all those __________, China has made its pledge. So how can _____ get there? China has pledged that it will not build any [more] coal power plants abroad, and it will start to phase out coal consumption starting from the 15th Five-Year period. That's 2026 and onwards. Its greening up the energy structure and ramping up electrification. According to experts from ________ University, electricity can meet 79 percent of China's final energy consumption by 2060, if net-zero is ________. And that's almost ______ today's level.

Solution

  1. triple
  2. china
  3. tsinghua
  4. achieved
  5. challenges

Original Text

But regardless of all those challenges, China has made its pledge. So how can China get there? China has pledged that it will not build any [more] coal power plants abroad, and it will start to phase out coal consumption starting from the 15th Five-Year period. That's 2026 and onwards. Its greening up the energy structure and ramping up electrification. According to experts from Tsinghua University, electricity can meet 79 percent of China's final energy consumption by 2060, if net-zero is achieved. And that's almost triple today's level.

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