- Renewable energy: Năng lượng tái tạo
→ Wind farms and other sources of renewable energy will help to reduce CO2 emission to an acceptable level.
- Environmental protection: Bảo vệ môi trường
→ Environmental protection is one of the most important challenges almost every country is facing.
- Sustainable development: Phát triển bền vững
→ The government should commit to sustainable development and the protection of the environment.
- To deplete natural resource: Cạn kiệt tài nguyên thiên nhiên
→ Depleting natural resource becomes a serious concern for the government to get deal with.
- Fight climate change: Ngăn ngừa sự thay đổi khí hậu
→ International cooperation is necessary to fight climate change.
- Conserve energy: Bảo tồn năng lượng
→ Scientists in many countries are cooperating to find a method to conserve energy.
- Sort the daily garbage: Phân loại rác thải hằng ngày
→ One thing that individual can do to protect the environment is sorting the daily garbage.
- Dump waste: Xả rác thải một cách vô trách nhiệm
→ Disposal of household waste is a daunting task for local authorities. Towns and cities cannot just dump such waste and hope it will go away.
- Toxic waste: Chất thải độc hại
→ Efforts to recycle waste are only a partial solution. Meanwhile, the problem of toxic waste remains.
- Offset carbon emissions: Giảm phát khí thải cac-bon
→ Some airlines have schemes now for offsetting carbon emissions.
- Introduce green taxes: Ban bố thuế bảo vệ môi trường
→ Politicians should not be afraid of introducing green taxes and incentives to encourage eco-friendly design in architecture.
- Reduce carbon footprint: Giảm lượng khí thải cac-bon
- Food miles: Khoảng cách từ nơi sản xuất thực phẩm đến nơi tiêu thụ
→ We can all reduce our carbon footprint by flying less, and reduce our food miles by buying local produce.
- Searing heat: Nhiệt độ cực nóng
→ Parts of Europe which used to be cooler now experience intense, searing heat, and temperatures soar above the average every summer.
- Widespread flooding: Lũ lụt trên diện rộng
→ Most areas in Europe suffer widespread flooding on a regular basis.
- Alternative energy sources: Các nguồn năng lượng thay thế
- Hybrid car: Xe hơi hybrid
→ To protect the environment, people can buy a hybrid car, develop alternative energy sources for homes, solar heating for instance and build more offshore wind farms.
- Combat climate change: Chống lại sự thay đổi khí hậu
→ It is absolutely vital that every civil plays their role in combating climate change.
Nguyễn Thị Trâm
Giáo viên Tiếng Anh – Trường Quốc tế Á Châu