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Desafíos Mundiales
L3 Desafíos Mundiales
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cambio climático | climate change |
| el medio ambiente | environment |
| mundial | worldwide |
| la Tierra/la tierra | earth, land |
| calentamiento global | global warming |
| deforestación | deforestation |
| derretir | to melt |
| la extinción de especies | animal extinction |
| dióxido de carbono | carbon dioxide |
| la población | population |
| agua potable | drinkable water |
| las cifras | figures, numbers |
| la sequía | drought |
| adaptar | to adapt |
| conservar | to conserve |
| reciclar | to recycle |
| proponer | to propose |
| iniciativa | initiative |
| el bosque | forest |
| salvar | to save a life |
| efecto invernadero | greenhouse effect |
| extinto | extinct |
| amenazar | to threaten |
| el planeta | planet |
| el consumo, el uso | consumption, use |
| reutilizable | reusable |
| los desafíos mundiales | global challenges |
| en peligro de extinción | (in) danger of extinction, endangered |
| amenazado | threatened |
| recursos naturales | natural resources |
| especies | species |
| erradicar | to eradicate |
| combatir | to combat |
| la basura/los desechos | trash, waste |
| la polución | pollution |
| (No) me importa que | It (doesn't) matter(s) to me that |
| Me hace triste que... | It makes me sad that |
| Me preocupa que | It worries me that |
| Me enoja que | It angers me that |
| Es importante/necesario que | It's important/necessary that |
| la pobreza | poverty |
| la falta de | lack of |
| la indigencia | destitution / homelessness |
| indigente | indigent, homeless person |
| pobre | poor |
| inundaciones | floods |
| tormentas | storms |
| combustibles fósiles | fossil fuels |
| energía eólica | wind energy |
| energía solar | solar (sun) energy |