Climate change: Are there too many people? - 6 Minute English

What do you think is the biggest cause of climate change? Improve your English vocabulary and listening as we discuss the controversial link between overpopulation and climate change - and whether the size of your carbon footprint depends on where in the world you were born.

This week's question
How many people are there in the world today?
a) seven billion
b) eight billion
c) nine billion
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary
✔️carbon footprint - measurement of how much carbon dioxide is produced by someone's everyday activities
✔️crunch (the) numbers - perform many mathematical calculations involving large amounts of data and numbers
✔️mod cons (= modern conveniences) - technology and machines like cars, washing-machines, air-conditioning and fridges which make life easier and more pleasant
✔️affluence - having lots of money or owning many material possessions
✔️apologetic - showing that you feel sorry for something harmful you have said or done
✔️let your heart rule your head - (idiom) do something based on emotion or personal desires rather than for logical or practical reasons

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VOCABULARY IN THIS VIDEO “Climate change: Are there too many people?”
1. Judgmental: too quick to criticize people
2. Carbon footprint: measurement of how much carbon dioxide is produced by someone's everyday activities
3. Crunch (the) numbers: perform many mathematical calculations involving large amounts of data and numbers
4. Mod cons (= modern conveniences): technology and machines like cars, washing-machines, air-conditioning and fridges which make life easier and more pleasant
5. Affluence: having lots of money or owning many material possessions
6. Apologetic: showing that you feel sorry for something harmful you have said or done
7. Let your heart rule your head: (idiom) do something based on emotion or personal desires rather than for logical or practical reasons.
8. All the mod cons: all the things that are fitted in modern houses to make life easy and comfortable

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[vnhmrtg]

It's true, the consumption is the main cause

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[Raylis]

Being responsible is the first step. We all have seen where the disrespectful and ruthless companies policy are leading us. Soil and water contamination must not be underestimated. What we do will come back to us whether we like it or not. We are not the problem, but the solution if we change our way to do things and adopt a better waste management.

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VOCABULARY IN “climate change: are there too many people”
1. Carbon footprint: measurement of how much carbon dioxide is produced by someone's everyday activities
2. Controversial: causing disagreement or discussion:
3. Soared: to rise very quickly to a high level
4. Astonishing: very surprising
5. Crunch number: perform many mathematical calculations involving large amounts of data and numbers
6. Mod cons: technology and machines like cars, washing machines, air-conditioning, and fridges which make life easier and more pleasant
7. Reckon: to calculate an amount
8. Affluence: having lots of money or owning many material possessions
9. Derive: to get something from something else
10. let your heart rule your head (idiom) do something based on emotion or personal desires rather than for logical or practical reasons

[daudhassan]

Excellent I love too much you are playing very important role in the world to day

[mustafaisilar]

Thanks for this video to BBC team, I hope that we'll fix these problems which are crucial to us in 10 years and when we come positive sides. Nowadays majority of teenager are worried about climate change as individuals

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Hey BBC please could you make a video for informal letter writing ✍️. Or could you make a video teaching us on how to improve in our sentence.

[delilah]

Agree that there are too many people, but I guess its more of a problem that there are too many people in one place, making it congested and so. That's why the government and businesses needs to branch-out their services to rural areas so people wouldn't flock the cities

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[winstonfraser]

Hi our teachers we are focusing on remove environment protect so thank you again and again to have shared this Sir

[Snow-cmov]

After watching this video, I turn off my air-con. It kill two birds with one stone-studying English meanwhile knowing the knowledge