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From the Ted Talk by Angel Hsu: How China is (and isn't) fighting pollution and climate change
Unscramble the Blue Letters
And we see some evidence now that China's efforts on clean energy is actually having an effect, not just on air pollution reduction, but also on global clitmae change, where China has the world's lgsaert carbon frpitonot. If we look at some of the data, we can see that China's coal consumption may have already reached a peak as early as 2013. This is a mjoar reason why China's government announced that actually they've already aeeichvd their 2020 carbon reduction pledge ahead of sldhceue. This reduction in coal consumption is also directly driving improvements in air quality across the country, as I've shown here in blue. In most major Chinese cities, air pollution has fallen by as much as 30 peenrct. And this rioedctun in air poiuloltn is actually leading people to live longer lives in China, on average two and a half years more than they would have in 2013. In yellow, we can see the cities that have experienced the greatest improvements in air quality.
Open Cloze
And we see some evidence now that China's efforts on clean energy is actually having an effect, not just on air pollution reduction, but also on global _______ change, where China has the world's _______ carbon _________. If we look at some of the data, we can see that China's coal consumption may have already reached a peak as early as 2013. This is a _____ reason why China's government announced that actually they've already ________ their 2020 carbon reduction pledge ahead of ________. This reduction in coal consumption is also directly driving improvements in air quality across the country, as I've shown here in blue. In most major Chinese cities, air pollution has fallen by as much as 30 _______. And this _________ in air _________ is actually leading people to live longer lives in China, on average two and a half years more than they would have in 2013. In yellow, we can see the cities that have experienced the greatest improvements in air quality.
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Original Text
And we see some evidence now that China's efforts on clean energy is actually having an effect, not just on air pollution reduction, but also on global climate change, where China has the world's largest carbon footprint. If we look at some of the data, we can see that China's coal consumption may have already reached a peak as early as 2013. This is a major reason why China's government announced that actually they've already achieved their 2020 carbon reduction pledge ahead of schedule. This reduction in coal consumption is also directly driving improvements in air quality across the country, as I've shown here in blue. In most major Chinese cities, air pollution has fallen by as much as 30 percent. And this reduction in air pollution is actually leading people to live longer lives in China, on average two and a half years more than they would have in 2013. In yellow, we can see the cities that have experienced the greatest improvements in air quality.
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