Climate change: Are there too many people?

6 Minute English

语言学习

2023-01-19

6 分钟

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  • Hello.

  • This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

  • I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Sam.

  • We're talking about the environment in this programme,

  • specifically climate change.

  • Now, Sam, what do you think is the biggest cause of climate change?

  • An obvious answer would be that

  • climate change is the result of carbon emissions caused by humans.

  • It's about people's carbon footprint –

  • the measurement of how much carbon dioxide is produced

  • by someone's everyday activities.

  • That makes sense.

  • But recently some scientists, especially in the west,

  • have been focusing on another issue:

  • the increasing number of people in the world,

  • something known as overpopulation.

  • In this programme, we'll be discussing the controversial link

  • between overpopulation and climate change.

  • And as usual we'll be learning some new vocabulary, as well.