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From the Ted Talk by Climate Action Tracker: The state of the climate crisis in 2021

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Open Cloze

It is not in the spirit of the Paris Agreement for countries to ______ resubmit the same target as five years prior, or to _____ different targets that don't actually lead to lower emissions. This is, unfortunately, the case so far for Australia, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, ___________ and Vietnam. _____ Korea and New Zealand say they will come up with new targets before the end of the year. Perhaps the worst case is Brazil, whose new stated target would lead to _________ __________ from its earlier promise. These countries need to reconsider their _________. And finally, there are still dozens of countries that have not made a new announcement for 2030, such as Indonesia and India, though they do still have some time before the COP26 __________ to formalize their proposals. So in summary, the picture is more hopeful than ever, if we look at the stated 2050 goals, but the actual short-term climate actions won't get us there.

Solution

  1. south
  2. conference
  3. switzerland
  4. offer
  5. decisions
  6. increasing
  7. simply
  8. emissions

Original Text

It is not in the spirit of the Paris Agreement for countries to simply resubmit the same target as five years prior, or to offer different targets that don't actually lead to lower emissions. This is, unfortunately, the case so far for Australia, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland and Vietnam. South Korea and New Zealand say they will come up with new targets before the end of the year. Perhaps the worst case is Brazil, whose new stated target would lead to emissions increasing from its earlier promise. These countries need to reconsider their decisions. And finally, there are still dozens of countries that have not made a new announcement for 2030, such as Indonesia and India, though they do still have some time before the COP26 Conference to formalize their proposals. So in summary, the picture is more hopeful than ever, if we look at the stated 2050 goals, but the actual short-term climate actions won't get us there.

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