Read the text and choose the correct options to fill in the gaps. There are still some people who say that climate change is not real ! Others say that it is real, but we do anything to stop it, so we do not need to try. A few people even say that climate change is not caused by human beings. But most people now understand that our world is getting hotter, and we have to do something about it. We only have one Earth, and we can't get another one. Twenty years ago, people could perhaps imagine that climate change was not a real problem, because some scientists still had . Today almost all the world's scientists agree: the world is getting hotter, and it is the fault of human beings. Our planet is going towards a climate catastrophe, but we can stop its worst effects. Indeed we must do everything possible to stop them. In November 2021, world leaders (or most of them) met in Glasgow, in Scotland, for the COP26 summit. They took quite decisions, to try and stop the Earth getting too warm. Many countries promised to become "carbon neutral" before 2050. Some have promised to become carbon-neutral even faster. World leaders agree that we have to stop using coal and oil to heat and electricity; we should use green energy sources instead, known as "renewables". Before the year 2100, all the energy that we use may perhaps come from renewable sources; the sun, the sea, the wind and rivers can produce more than enough energy for everyone on our planet, but we still have a long way to go. The green energy revolution has already begun, but the challenges are still enormous. "Going green" will cost an enormous of money, and use some kinds of technology that do not yet exist. Also there are some people who believe that it will be too expensive. Although most people care about our planet and know that we act now to avoid a climate catastrophe, there are other people who have different priorities. There are people who just don't care, and there are people who care more about themselves than about the world around them. There are people and big companies that just want to make money, and are not interested anything that gets in their way. Most importantly, there are politicians who are frightened of doing anything that other people will not like; they make promises, but they do not keep them.

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Read the text and choose the correct options to fill in the gaps.

There are still some people who say that climate change is not real ! Others say that it is real, but we ... do anything to stop it, so we do not need to try. A few people even say that climate change is not caused by human beings. But most people now understand that our world is getting hotter, and we have to do something about it. We only have one Earth, and we can't get another one.
Twenty years ago, people could perhaps imagine that climate change was not a real problem, because some scientists still had ... . Today almost all the world's scientists agree: the world is getting hotter, and it is the fault of human beings. Our planet is going towards a climate catastrophe, but we can stop its worst effects. Indeed we must do everything possible to stop them.
In November 2021, world leaders \(or most of them\) met in Glasgow, in Scotland, for the COP26 summit. They took quite ... decisions, to try and stop the Earth getting too warm. Many countries promised to become "carbon neutral" before 2050. Some have promised to become carbon-neutral even faster. World leaders agree that we have to stop using coal and oil to ... heat and electricity; we should use green energy sources instead, known as "renewables".
Before the year 2100, all the energy that we use may perhaps come from renewable sources; the sun, the sea, the wind and rivers can produce more than enough energy for everyone on our planet, but we still have a long way to go.
The green energy revolution has already begun, but the challenges are still enormous. "Going green" will cost an enormous ... of money, and use some kinds of technology that do not yet exist. Also there are some people who believe that it will be too expensive.
Although most people care about our planet and know that we ... act now to avoid a climate catastrophe, there are other people who have different priorities. There are people who just don't care, and there are people who care more about themselves than about the world around them. There are people and big companies that just want to make money, and are not interested ... anything that gets in their way. Most importantly, there are politicians who are frightened of doing anything that other people will not like; they make promises, but they do not keep them.

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