Environmental Issues (Free Conversation Topic)

 Climate Change/Global Warming 


1. How do you understand global warming? How about climate change?

2. What do you think are the major contributors to global warming? 

3. What is the main driver of climate change?

4. Where does your country's electricity come from?

5. What has your country done to increase the supply of renewable energy?

6. How does agriculture contribute to climate change?

7. Where do greenhouse gas emissions come from?

8. Where do aerosol emissions come from?

9. What problems are brought about by deforestation?

10. How is land-use change connected to global warming

11. What is the impact of livestock farming on the environment?

12. Do you think global warming is also caused by natural forces?

13. What are the ways to curb global warming?

14. What movements or organizations do you know that fight climate change?

15. How do you or will you contribute to stopping global warming?

16. Have you heard of Hadley Cell Expansion?


Vocabulary Expressions (Global Warming)


stave off               pesticides                    reforestation                         

mitigate               herbicides                    afforestation  

exacerbate           tree-clearing                agroforestry

slow down           deforestation               forest sequestration

take its toll          drought                         renewable energy sources

inundated            flooding                        habitat

extinct                  poaching                      conservation

deplete                 industrial processes     reliance

curb                                                          sustainability

 migrate                                                    decarbonization


methane                 greenhouse gas emissions    ice caps

sea levels               carbon emissions                  Arctic Sea

humidity                carbon tax                             bushland

droughts                 carbon footprint                    equilibrium

hurricanes              carbon pollution                    biodiversity

land conversion     carbon-neutral                       flora and fauna

 pandemic              carbon capture                      albedo

  livestock              carbon sinks                          bull sharks

  grazing                 carbon sequestration             polar bear

  sightings               carbon offset                          bottlenose

                                nitrous oxide

                                     

environmentally friendly 

environmental footprint

environmental impact

fossil fuel combustion

endangered species

energy-efficient

repercussions
socio-economic activities

a major driver of something

acidification of the oceans

Hadley Cell Expansion


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