Environment · Opinions and society

climate change

long-term climate shift

Climate change is the long-term change in the Earth's usual weather patterns.

B1 common speech & writing

collocation

This vs that

the broad long-term shift

Climate change affects weather patterns over time.

one major part of climate change

Global warming raises average temperatures.

Hear it in real life

Why are summers becoming so uncomfortable?

Climate change is probably part of the reason.

Play the conversation

Climate change is making heatwaves more common in many countries.

Which sounds natural?

Psst — which one would you actually say?

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

climate change (uncountable noun); the effects of climate change

Phrases to borrow

More for talking about environment.

do our bit for

We all need to do our bit for the environment.

Environment words

Opinions and society · Environment: the words around “climate change”.

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Your turn: say it out loud

Climate change is already affecting the weather.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

climate change

long-term climate shift

“Climate change is making heatwaves more common in many countries.”

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