Fossil Fuel Emissions Fall Slightly as Iran War Pushes Renewable Energy
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A new report says carbon emissions from fossil fuels have fallen a little. Fossil fuels are coal, oil, and gas. They make carbon emissions when we burn them. Carbon emissions cause climate change.
The report will be shown at Cop31. Cop31 is a big meeting about climate change. Leaders from many countries go to this meeting.
The war in Iran is one reason for the change. The war has pushed more countries to use renewable energy. Renewable energy comes from the sun, wind, and water. It does not make much carbon.
Experts wrote the report. They say the small fall is good news. But they also say it is too soon to be happy. They say the world has not really turned around yet.
Carbon emissions are still very high. The experts want countries to do much more. They say talk of a big change now is premature. Premature means too early.
The report is called a comprehensive assessment. This means it looks at everything, not just one part. Many scientists worked on it together.
People will talk about this report at Cop31. Governments will decide what to do next. Climate change is still a big problem for the world.
Vocabulary15 words
- carbon emissions
- gases that go into the air and warm the planet
- Cop31
- a big yearly meeting where countries talk about climate change
- renewable energy
- energy from things like sun and wind that never run out
- premature
- happening too early
- comprehensive assessment
- a careful study that looks at all parts of a problem
- fossil fuels
- coal, oil, and gas that we dig from the ground
- climate change
- the way the Earth's weather is slowly changing
- turnaround
- a big change from bad to good
- report
- a written study with facts and findings
- experts
- people who know a lot about one subject
- leaders
- important people who run countries
- meeting
- when people come together to talk
- scientists
- people who study facts about the world
- governments
- the groups of people who run a country
- coal
- a black rock we burn for energy
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1. They fell a little 2. The war in Iran 3. False
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A new report says carbon _____ from fossil fuels have fallen a little.
Fossil fuels are coal, oil, and _____.
The report will be shown at _____.
Cop31 is a big meeting about climate _____.
The war in _____ is one reason for the change.
Renewable energy comes from the sun, wind, and _____.
But they also say it is too soon to be _____.
They say talk of a big change now is _____.
The report is called a comprehensive _____.
Climate change is still a big _____ for the world.
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