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From the Ted Talk by Ozawa Bineshi Albert: Climate action needs new frontline leadership

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So I want to try to _______ net-zero a little bit differently in a way that might be a little more tangible. If you think about it as, kind of, like the net part of your paycheck. You get a job, you negotiate a pay and you feel really excited about that. But on that first day, that first payday, you feel the crunch of it's a lot less than you thought it was going to be. And it's the same with the net-zero ________ targets, right? It ______ good on the front end, but when it all comes out in the wash, it's much less than what we need to have ______ to ______ real significant change right now.

Solution

  1. explain
  2. happen
  3. sounds
  4. impact
  5. emission

Original Text

So I want to try to explain net-zero a little bit differently in a way that might be a little more tangible. If you think about it as, kind of, like the net part of your paycheck. You get a job, you negotiate a pay and you feel really excited about that. But on that first day, that first payday, you feel the crunch of it's a lot less than you thought it was going to be. And it's the same with the net-zero emission targets, right? It sounds good on the front end, but when it all comes out in the wash, it's much less than what we need to have happen to impact real significant change right now.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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climate crisis 2
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Important Words

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