2021英语人教版选择性必修第三册课件：UNIT 3（付，152页）.pptx

UNIT 3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION主题语境——人与自然　环境保护 素养导航 如果将气候行动比作一场比赛,那么气候变化的速度现在比我们快,我们需要更大的决心来应对这一挑战,因为这是一场我们能够而且必须获胜的比赛。Climate Change:A Race We Must WinWe face a new era of climate crisis.July 2019 is the hottest month on record,and we are on track for 2015 to 2019 to be the five hottest years in human history.The level of CO2 in the atmosphere is at its highest point in human history;climate-related devastations strike more often than ever,with droughts,hurricanes,heatwaves and landslides regularly attacking our planet,causing huge economic loss to countries and to individuals①,particularly affecting the most vulnerable(脆弱的) in societies.The clock is ticking.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会),we need to collectively ensure that global temperature rise does not go beyond 1.5 degrees.This means we must reduce emissions(排放) by 45 percent by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality(中立) by 2050.Faced with this reality,it is impossible to ignore② that human development can flourish③ only if the natural world flourishes.This is the premise(前提) of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals that have become more urgent looking forward to the next decade.How can we as the global community work together as one?As the second largest economy in the world,China has played a critical part in committing④ to the Paris Agreement and its leadership and commitment is crucial in achieving the goals.The country has made remarkable⑤ progress in developing its green economy,with more than 125 billion dollars’ investment in renewable energy in 2017.New renewable energy jobs in China now outnumber those created in the oil and gas industries.As the global challenge that does not respect national borders,climate change is an issue that requires solutions to be coordinated at the international level,with a demand for all developed countries taking up greater responsibilities,and for developing countries moving toward low-carbon economy.In the meantime,as the worl