DEBATE CLUB #2: Global Warming : Are we at the point of no return ?

We keep on talking about this problem, but it would seem that extreme weather is getting more and more common. And we are globally wanting to live as though nothing is happening? Come to tonight’s Debate Club and share your opinions!

VENEZ NOUS REJOINDRE POUR PARLER DE CE THÈME ! 

C'est l'occasion rêvée pour pratiquer votre anglais dans une ambiance détendue. Animées par des professeurs qualifiés de langue maternelle anglaise, les séances de conversation du Debate Club sont conviviales, engageantes et efficaces !

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2024

VENUE & TEACHERS 

• AIX: 19h00 to 20h30 with Bea Kiernan
• MARSEILLE: 19h00 to 20h30 with Simon Allchin

 QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE

Are weather patterns really changing today?

What part does the media play in our perception of extreme weather events?

Is this the first time the earth's temperature has increased?

Is it really too late to do anything?

Does economic progress solve or worsen this problem?

Are we prepared to go back to pre-industrial revolution days?

Can the rich nations tell the poor ones to consume less?

We want mobile phones and electric cars, but how will we power them?

Can international treaties and agreements really slow down global warming?

Will political compromises finally decide our fate in this matter?

Do we really have power over the weather?

Why not try and change the weather by chemical or other means?

VOCABULARY

atmospheric pressure

awareness

carbon neutral

cloud seeding

drought

economic growth

economic sustainability

flooding

fossil fuels

greenhouse gases

heat wave

high and low pressure

ice cores

increase (v)

jet stream

legislation

low / high income country

manufacturing

melt (v)

poverty

power (v)

prevent (v)

rain clouds

reflect (v)sunlight

renewable energy

shape (v) public opinion

storm

wildfires

SEARCH THE WEB FOR IDEAS!

Find articles and/or videos on the web and come prepared to share the information you have found with the others.

SUGGESTED SEARCH WORDS FOR THIS SUBJECT

climate and the economy

international climate treaties

scientific weather modification

world weather patterns

SUGGESTED WEBSITES FOR MATERIALS

https://www.bbc.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/?gl=GB
www.guardian.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk
www.nytimes.com

KEY PHRASES

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