- •Unit 6. Man and Nature Part 1. Climate Change Lead in
- •Reading
- •Global Warming: from Fantasy to Future
- •What the Scientists Are Saying
- •Exercises
- •Talking and Writing
- •Global Warming: Try It, You Might Like It
- •Role-play
- •Global Warning
- •Additional Language and Translation Exercises
- •Unit 6. Man and Nature Part 2. Ecosystems Lead in
- •Reading
- •Lynx on the Brink
- •Co-existence undermined
- •Exercises
- •Talking and Writing
- •Role-play
- •Additional Language Exercises
- •Unit 6. Man and Nature Part 3. Man-in-Nature Lead in
- •Reading
- •Eat it or save it?
- •Exercises
- •Talking and Writing
- •Role-play
- •Additional Language Exercises
- •Translation Practice
- •Unit 6. Man and Nature Part 4. The Dnipro Lead in
- •Reading
- •Dnipro Basin Environment Programme
- •Exercises
- •Additional Language Exercises
- •Translation Exercises
Additional Language Exercises
Match the acronyms for environment issues and memorise them for future reference.
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IPCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
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WWF |
Greenhouse Gas |
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UNFCCC |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
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KP |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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GHG |
Technical Assistance Program for the Commonwealth of Independent States |
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MENRU |
United Nations Development Programme |
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NGO |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
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CITs |
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant |
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OECD |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
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US AID |
World Wildlife Fund |
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TACIS |
Kyoto Protocol |
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OSCE |
Countries with Economies in Transition |
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NGO |
Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources of Ukraine |
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CNPP |
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
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UNDP |
United States Agency for International Development |
Translation Exercises
Translate the 16 general principles of the Earth Charter (see Part 1), "designed to guide all humans toward a sustainable way of life", into the Ukrainian language and then, throughout your entire life make your personal contributions into the Earth's health and Man's comfortable existence among Planet's plentiful biological diversity.
1Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals