WorksheetsM1-03/25/2020
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
Which group of words can be related to the same topic?
Liquidity, Welfare, Only
Essential, Properties, Amid
Climate Crisis, Fossil Fuel, High-Carbon
Flurry, Sustain, Human Rights
Considering essentially Mary Robinson's statement at the beginning of the article for this question, what is her concern regarding Climate Change?
The money invested in fossil fuel will decrease.
Governments will neglect the importance of climate change agenda.
COVID-19 will leave tourism and airlines shattered.
Bank of England won't be able to create liquidity in the financial system.
Examining the current situation and changes made on everyone's habits, persuade people to achieve a low-carbon future could now be considered...
Easy and unexciting.
Difficult and extremely complicated.
Painful and inconceivable.
Less drastic and far more palatable.
In the paragraph "But while people’s health and the immediate welfare of workers caught up in the crisis are paramount, campaigners and experts fear that if the longer-term packages are not carefully designed they will only entrench fossil fuel dependence across the global economy." the words paramount and entrench could be replace by:
Overbearing - Strengthen
Moderate - Clean
Trivial - Diminish
Awash - Dishearten
The executive director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, affirms that...
Taxpayers are struggling financially and expect responsible behaviour in exchange for bailouts.
It's best to reorientate the economy to achieve a much better outcome for people and the environment globally.
Build a secure and sustainable energy future doesn’t get lost during the furor of immediate priorities.
Money has poured into the fossil fuel industry since the Paris agreement and it must stop.
Which behaviour quoted in the article would show that nothing has been learned from the financial crisis?
Drawing up stimulus plans to counter the economic damage from COVID-19 for the after pandemic situation.
It is time to join the dots between responding to the health emergency and the climate and nature emergency.
Bailing out the shareholders of dirty industries to continue business as usual rather than protecting workers and their families.
Growing a chorus of environmental campaigns to concerned that we must not go back to bad habits afterwards.
Analysing the graphic used in the article and what you know up to this moment, it is possible to affirm that...
Asia is suffering with the highest number of cases.
North America alone has half of the cases considering AMERICAS.
Even though Asia has been the origin of COVID-19 with a big number of cases, Europe now presents a far worst situation, and it will be followed by the USA next as reported by the news.
COVID-19 cases in Brazil are equally distributed through the whole country.
