Introduction
UN Climate Summit 2014
Watch the video and summarize its contents:
Climate change is not a far-off problem. It is happening now and is having very real consequences on people’s lives. Climate change is disrupting national economies, costing us dearly today and even more tomorrow. But there is a growing recognition that affordable, scalable solutions are available now that will enable us all to leapfrog to cleaner, more resilient economies.
There is a sense that change is in the air. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited world leaders, from government, finance, business, and civil society to Climate Summit 2014 this 23 September to galvanize and catalyze climate action. He has asked these leaders to bring bold announcements and actions to the Summit that will reduce emissions, strengthen climate resilience, and mobilize political will for a meaningful legal agreement in 2015. Climate Summit 2014 provides a unique opportunity for leaders to champion an ambitious vision, anchored in action that will enable a meaningful global agreement in 2015.
Useful glossary:
A far-off problem: a peoblem which does not concern us directly
To disrupt: cause great troubles thus preventing something from continuing in ist normal way
Scalable: that can be applied on a large scale
To leapfrog to: achieve something more quickly than usual
To galvanize: to shock so that people react and do something
Bold: brave / corageous
Resilience: the ability to return quickly to the original situation
To champion: publicly fight for and defend something
Now watch the following video.
Answer the following questions to the video:
Leonardo di Caprio said that he stands at the conference not as an expert, but as a "................................................"
What is he worried about?
How is mankind reacting towards climate change?
What's the evidence that climate change is not a far-off problem?
Who knows about the ongoing climate change?
How can this change be considered?
What does he suggest doing?
What human rights does he mention in his speech?