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What can the nations do for a better environment

Read the text about the climate summit in Montreal. There are a lot of questions and ideas. Imagine that all the countries in the world were to help each other. Fill in the gaps and say what countries could be going to do.

1. Storm surge protection in the Netherlands © The Maeslant Barrier (Read more at: www.keringhuis.nl)

2. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is flooded.

Large parts of Bangladesh and the Netherlands are at sea level or even below. The Dutch protect their country with advanced technology. In Bangladesh many of the 140 million inhabitants are regularly threatened by the water.

Bangladesh:
Countless people die in the floods in our country and even more will in the future because of climate change and rising sea level. Who will compensate for this?
Netherlands:
We are experienced in dyke constructions We ___________________________ (construct dykes)
in order to make your coastline safer.

3. Sweden is rich in forest and water and advanced in environmental protection. Photos: Göran Malmberg

Philippines:
We need to become independent from fossil fuels. But who will show us how to do this?
Sweden:
We are a country rich in water and forest resources. We _ (become independent from fossil fuels). We _ (teach) you, how to get started.

4. The island of Mauritius East of Madagascar is one of many islands in the oceans which are threatened by sea level rise and stronger storms.

Mauritius:
Rising sea level and perhaps the increasing threat of storms are a problem for us small islands in the oceans. What can we do?

United States:
We ______ _ (provide early warning system) . We _ _____ (share experiences) in storm observations.

Ethopia:
Long drought periods are becoming more common. Who will feed our people and save the grasslands for our cattle?

Saudi Arabia:
We have earned a lot of money by selling oil. We _ _ (invest in an agricultural development programme). We _ _____ (donate money) for first aid and food support in urgent cases.

5. Arabian oil field: Some countries in the world became rich thanks to oil resources. Others may suffer more and more in the future from the consequences of global oil consumption.
Photo by Ken Childress/Saudi Aramco/PADIA

6. The River Nile is the source of life for the whole of Egypt. But the Nile does not flood each year and the farmlands and its water is not always efficiently used. Image source: NASA earth observatory

7. Drip irrigation (here in Malawi) is one possibility to use water efficiently. Source: www.malawiproject.org

Egypt:
The River Nile does not provide our farmers with the necessary water as regularly as in the past. We need new approaches in agronomy.

Israel:
We have been developing irrigation systems for decades. We _ __ (offer our newest irrigation technologies).

China:
We cannot provide enough energy for our huge population and growing economy without using fossil fuels like our coal resources. How can we reduce the environmental damage?

Norway:
Carbon storage systems can be efficient for large power plants. We have developed storage systems and we _ _(cooperate) in order to build up such systems in China.

7. Coal is not only the dirtiest fossil fuel with respectiv to burning efficiency. Often, additional CO2 is released after exploitation by smoldering coal fires under the ground. Source: EARS project.

8. Environmental education organised in Indonesia. Source: Japan Internat. Cooperation Agency

Indonesia:
We have a large population but people are not always aware of climate change.

Japan:
We made a lot of experience with education programs. We _ ____ (organise training programmes for the public) in Indonesia.

India
Emissions from wood based cooking is a major problem in many poor Indian households. But the families cannot afford expensive cooking devices.

Germany
Our companies are working on simple and affordable solar and plant oil cookers. We _ _ (start a distribution programme) in India.

9. A German non-profit organisation collects money from people who would like to compensate their flight emissions and invests it in solar steam cookers.
Source: Gadhia Solar Energy Systems

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What can the nations do for a better environment

Read the text about the climate summit in Montreal. There are a lot of questions and ideas. Imagine that all the countries in the world were to help each other. Fill in the gaps and say what countries could be going to do.

1. Storm surge protection in the Netherlands © The Maeslant Barrier (Read more at: www.keringhuis.nl)

2. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is flooded.

3. Sweden is rich in forest and water and advanced in environmental protection. Photos: Göran Malmberg

Philippines:We need to become independent from fossil fuels. But who will show us how to do this?Sweden:We are a country rich in water and forest resources. We _____________ __________ ______(become independent from fossil fuels). We ____________ _____________ (teach) you, how to get started.

4. The island of Mauritius East of Madagascar is one of many islands in the oceans which are threatened by sea level rise and stronger storms.

Mauritius:Rising sea level and perhaps the increasing threat of storms are a problem for us small islands in the oceans. What can we do?United States:We ____________ ___________ (provide early warning system) . We _________ _________ (share experiences) in storm observations.

Ethopia:Long drought periods are becoming more common. Who will feed our people and save the grasslands for our cattle?

Saudi Arabia:We have earned a lot of money by selling oil. We __________ _________________ ___________ (invest in an agricultural development programme). We ________ _______ _______ (donate money) for first aid and food support in urgent cases.

5. Arabian oil field: Some countries in the world became rich thanks to oil resources. Others may suffer more and more in the future from the consequences of global oil consumption.Photo by Ken Childress/Saudi Aramco/PADIA