Project Green

ENA 7

Autumn 2024

Krista Kindt-Sarojärvi

Section 5
& Grammar

Class 1

• Translate the introduction.
  Add difficult words and phrases to your notebook!
• Do ex. 1 (just go through the statements and make sure you understand all the words!), 2 & 5 & 6

Climate tipping points (CTPs) are conditions beyond which changes in a part of the climate system become self-perpetuating. These changes may lead to abrupt, irreversible, and dangerous impacts with serious implications for humanity. (source)

[...] there are now 16 major tipping points, almost all of which could reach the point of no return if global warming continues beyond 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) above preindustrial levels. (source)

Section 5