185. Who is Responsible for Climate Change? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

Support the Podcast and Join my Patreon HERE -- https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish Check Out the NEW YOUTUBE Channel!!! - https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/11/14/who-is-responsible-for-climate-change/ Who is responsible for climate change? Is it the countries with the highest pollution right now? Or is it the wealthy countries who had the highest emissions in the past? How about the fossil fuel companies? Or is it normal people? Let’s talk about it today! You may also like… 184. Should Performance Enhancing Drugs Be Banned in Sports? (English Vocabulary Lesson) 183. “The Signal-Man” by Charles Dickens (Halloween Special)! 182. Bolsonaro vs Lula: The Brazilian Election Explained! (English Vocabulary Lesson) 181. Why Did Liz Truss Resign? (English Vocabulary Lesson) INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/)  Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@thinkinginenglishpodcast Vocabulary List Mitigation (n) – the act of reducing how harmful, unpleasant, or bad something is We need effective mitigation of climate change Adaptation (n) – the process of changing to suit different conditions The team’s adaptation to the speed of the premier league is surprising Developing (adj) – A developing country or area of the world is poorer and has less advanced industries, especially in Africa, Latin America, or Asia This scholarship is for people from developing countries Reparation (n) – payment for harm or damage: The company had to make reparation to those who suffered ill health as a result of chemical pollution. Emission (n) – an amount of a substance that is produced and sent out into the air that is harmful to the environment, especially carbon dioxide These health risks are caused by vehicle emissions. per capita (adv/adj) – If you express an amount per capita, you mean that amount for each person The per capita income is very low carbon footprint (n) – Someone’s carbon footprint is a measurement of the amount of carbon dioxide that their activities produce Flying to Japan increased by carbon footprint To offset (v) – to pay for things that will reduce carbon dioxide in order to reduce the damage caused by carbon dioxide that you produce We offset all our long-haul flights. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices