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From the Ted Talk by Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson: The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future

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VN: Yes, I would like to see a kind of world that respects people, but also reetpcss the planet as well. And it's important to note that we are in a system that has cretaed the climate crisis and many other challenges that people are facing. And when we dnemad for system change, we mean that the stseym actually has to change. We cannot solve, you know, the problems that are happening right now with the very system that created them. So we need something new, something that will ensure that people are protected and the planet is peroettcd as well. When it comes to consumption, I think it's a place of gnmreevonts helping to make ctiies more sustainable for people. Because it could be transportation. For example, when you're in a country within Europe, you can very easily use the train to get to so many places to even go through, I mean, get to another cornuty, which may be difficult in some places or in some countries. So I think it's really a place of making our cities and our countries more sustainable so that people can live more sustainably when it comes to, you know, food, when it comes to transportation, when it comes to clothing itself. You know, the issue of population, it is not the pebrlom in our fight for the climate crisis.

Open Cloze

VN: Yes, I would like to see a kind of world that respects people, but also ________ the planet as well. And it's important to note that we are in a system that has _______ the climate crisis and many other challenges that people are facing. And when we ______ for system change, we mean that the ______ actually has to change. We cannot solve, you know, the problems that are happening right now with the very system that created them. So we need something new, something that will ensure that people are protected and the planet is _________ as well. When it comes to consumption, I think it's a place of ___________ helping to make ______ more sustainable for people. Because it could be transportation. For example, when you're in a country within Europe, you can very easily use the train to get to so many places to even go through, I mean, get to another _______, which may be difficult in some places or in some countries. So I think it's really a place of making our cities and our countries more sustainable so that people can live more sustainably when it comes to, you know, food, when it comes to transportation, when it comes to clothing itself. You know, the issue of population, it is not the _______ in our fight for the climate crisis.

Solution

  1. respects
  2. cities
  3. system
  4. governments
  5. protected
  6. demand
  7. country
  8. created
  9. problem

Original Text

VN: Yes, I would like to see a kind of world that respects people, but also respects the planet as well. And it's important to note that we are in a system that has created the climate crisis and many other challenges that people are facing. And when we demand for system change, we mean that the system actually has to change. We cannot solve, you know, the problems that are happening right now with the very system that created them. So we need something new, something that will ensure that people are protected and the planet is protected as well. When it comes to consumption, I think it's a place of governments helping to make cities more sustainable for people. Because it could be transportation. For example, when you're in a country within Europe, you can very easily use the train to get to so many places to even go through, I mean, get to another country, which may be difficult in some places or in some countries. So I think it's really a place of making our cities and our countries more sustainable so that people can live more sustainably when it comes to, you know, food, when it comes to transportation, when it comes to clothing itself. You know, the issue of population, it is not the problem in our fight for the climate crisis.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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climate crisis 11
climate finance 6
clean cooking 5
climate change 4
energy poverty 4
public transportation 3
greta thunberg 2
racial justice 2
climate justice 2
fossil fuel 2
climate activist 2
african nations 2
renewable energy 2
lift people 2
solar panels 2
cook stoves 2
intergenerational conversation 2
younger generation 2
long distances 2

Important Words

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  4. climate
  5. clothing
  6. consumption
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