Hi guys! It's Asiya and today I'm going to try a new type of video. We're gonna talk
about the environment. It's a common topic both in IELTS Writing and Speaking, and
it's likely that you may need to learn some new vocabulary for this topic.
This video is different to most other videos I've seen on this topic
because it's not just about learning new words; it's about giving you ideas you
can use in your writing and speaking. So for this video I've selected some
environmental problems, which are commonly mentioned in the IELTS exam, and
I'm going to give you some ideas about each problem, causes of this problem, and
possible solutions. And that's exactly what you need to answer IELTS questions.
This video will be packed with useful vocabulary and collocations which you
may want to learn late,r so I've prepared a PDF document for you too. I'll tell you
how to download it. Now please watch the video and tell me if you liked it
and if you do what other topics you would like me to cover. Ready? let's get started!
let's start with the biggest environmental problem in my opinion the
climate change of global warming what is it it's a gradual increase in the
earth's temperature that causes changes in climate and you can say not only that
the earth temperature continued to rise but the sea levels are rising too both
the ocean and the earth are growing warmer if you have a look at the word
earth we capitalize it if we're talking about the planet Earth and we don't need
to capitalize it if we're talking about the earth and the ocean okay you can
also say about temperatures are climbing ice caps are melting in the North Pole
and Antarctica droughts it's when it's very dry wildfires
when forests burn and super hurricanes are becoming more common super
hurricanes are very strong storms a couple of useful collocations are to
contribute to global warming to combat fight or tackle global warming and I see
to you main causes greenhouse gases or co2 emissions and deforestation each is
a problem in its own right so let's talk about them okay greenhouse gases or
carbon dioxide co2 emissions well carbon dioxide is natural right
what's the problem the burning of fossil fuels releases large amounts of carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere which leads to global warming fossil fuel is coal
gas and oil you can also say greenhouse gases or excessive carbon dioxide
emission the leading cause of climate change what
are the solutions well you could suggest this using renewable energy sources such
as solar or wind power will assist in the fight against climate change
you could also suggest to install solar batteries on the roofs of buildings or
to build wind farms another solution is planting more trees as trees absorb
carbon dioxide a great kal occasion to know if the carbon footprint that's how
much carbon dioxide a factory a business a city or culture produces I
you could also say to reduce the carbon footprint of a factory or businesses
that they committed to reducing their carbon footprint now let's talk about
deforestation so what's going on by 2030 on the 10% of the rain forests may be
left the rest will have been cut down for wood or cleared for agricultural use
and there are two your related problems the first one is greenhouse gases there
are few trees to produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide deforestation is
contributing to global warming because trees absorb carbon dioxide and the
second problem is endangered species these are plants of animals which may
disappear and you can say when forests are cut down the plants and animals that
live in the forests are destroyed and some species at risk of being made
extinct to become extinct means to disappear and to be made extinct it
means that humans make those plants and animals disappear some useful phrases
are to go or become extinct you can also
talk about species that lose their habitat or the area where they normally
live and ecosystems die out so what are the causes of deforestation Oh first of
all people cut down forests to build cities or clear land for agricultural
use and that's a big problem what is a solution to preserve the remaining
forests humans should simply stop cutting down trees and you can say
forests imagine need of preservation for every tree that is cut down a new one
needs to be planted in its space now let's talk about endangered species it's
a type of plant or animal that might stop existing and you can talk about
species of fish animals birds instead of saying plants and animals you can say
flora and fauna here is a useful example one out of every ten plant and animal
species is expected to become or to go extinct by 2015 here are some useful
phrases well extinct means no longer existing you can say almost or nearly
extinct and critically endangered species you can also talk about the loss
of biodiversity biodiversity is the variety of life in the world and it's
declining you can say the levels of biodiversity across the world have
significantly decreased in the last three decades what are the causes well
lost habitats mean losing the species that live there and so you can talk
about the first station here is an example
with the rising temperatures of the Arctic sea ice melts which eliminates
the habitats of polar bears and various other animals and that's how it relates
to global warming you can also say many species of plants and animals have
become extinct due to human activity and another one is about poaching to poach
means to hunt illegally wild animals have been poached on a massive scale
with millions of individual animals worldwide killed or captured weekly what
are the solutions well talk about how to save or protect endangered species there
are many solutions the first one is to focus on wildlife conservation it's
possible to protect wildlife habitats by controlling pollution and creating
nature reserves it's also important to stop deforestation limit green gas
emissions and support organizations dedicated to fighting species extinction
another big environmental problem is pollution we pollute air water soil and
the environment in general you can say contaminated waters are undrinkable
polluted air causes health problems in contaminated soil destroys habitats so
it's related to endangered species in IELTS you often need to talk about air
pollution so what's the problem most major cities suffer from dangerous
levels of air pollution and the phrases to suffer from pollution people who live
in areas with high levels of air pollution are more likely to die from
cancer or other diseases here is a good college
poor air quality you can also say good air quality video quality is essential
for our health quality of life and the environment what are the solutions to
cut reduce all limit emissions the most basic solution for air pollution is to
end its root cause and move away from fossil fuels replacing them with clean
renewable energy renewable energy is also called alternative energy and it
includes solar wind and geothermal energy shifting to electrical vehicles
and promoting public transports could reduce air pollution it's important to
conserve energy because sources of energy such as electricity diesel
gasoline and would contribute to air pollution let's talk about waste
disposal basically we produce so much rubbish that we don't know how to get
rid of it and you can say waste disposal poses a threat not only to the earth and
its environment but to humans as well a lentil that an area or a place where
rubbish is buried you can mention factories that emptied toxic waste into
rivers and oceans another problem is contamination that's
when something is made poisonous the dumping of toxic waste has contaminated
the area now I want to give you some great words and collocations to talk
about protecting the environment the first one is sustainable
it means causing little or no damage to the environment and you can say
sustainable growth development sustainable communities or sustainable
energy sources you can also say renewable energy that's energy that is
produced using natural resources such as wind Sun etc you can talk about how to
reduce the impact on the environment a great phrase is environmentally friendly
that's behavior and products that don't harm the environment environmentally
friendly products businesses practices or technologies and of course we need to
preserve the environment for future generations
ok that was a lot of information so I've prepared a PDF document with all the
words all the examples from this video and you can download it the link will be
on the screen and in the video description box below now please tell me
in comments if you liked this video and if you do what are the videos with other
topics you would like to see thank you for watching me today good luck with
your preparation but