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

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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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@trangdieu.18c Год назад

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 ALL THE BEST FOR YOU. 19/01/2023

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@CareerTalks Год назад

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@user-vn2hm9rt8g Год назад

It's true, the consumption is the main cause

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@bbclearningenglish 10 месяцев назад

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@Lili_diiip 11 месяцев назад

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@amyrobinson4451 Год назад

thanks for the video - is there a link available for the study mentioned by Ravikumar?

@Raylis Год назад

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.

@user-cs9mq6ey3w Год назад

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@ajoysd6054 Год назад

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@onlyone2948 Год назад

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@winstonfraser7784 11 месяцев назад

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

@rassaneebissanum3668 Год назад

Thanks for this video

@mustafaisilar4466 Год назад

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

@supermansuperman9066 Год назад

MUSTAFA ISILAR------Much of the plastic that people believe will be recycled isn't. We don't have the chemical ability to breakdown the molecular structure of a high percentage of the plastic. It's buried in American landfills and the same goes for foreign counties. Lately some of these countries have had large floods bringing landslides and the landfills are unearthed and run into the rivers creating masses of dangerous plastic in huge areas that may get stopped at a dam or other wall like structure where it may be collected again, or it makes itself to the oceans where animals are found to have these plastic molecules in their body cells. I don't believe in so called climate change; it's a political lie. The earth has had much more happen in terms of CO2 and other gases long before man was around, from thousands of volcanos and huge meteors. Humans couldn't change the weather if we all set out to do it. CO2 isn't our enemy. If we go back to 1970 and study all the fake reports that the sky is falling and continue it forward to the present , we would all see how it's all political propaganda.

@donnaw3765 8 месяцев назад

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@nomansikder1941 Год назад

Thanks!

@nusratjahanjasma6507 9 месяцев назад

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@citycookingchannelvlog3144 Год назад

nice video

@rubamousa9444 Год назад

Thank you

@jesusislordheavenlyfather541 Год назад

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.

@bbclearningenglish Год назад

Hi - we have this video. We hope it helps: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hdKYl8Tg_FQ.html

@springs3014 Год назад

This title sounds like Thanos 😂

@mosadariz4808 Год назад

Hi thanks for your useful info it really help us if we listen to these kind of video I really like it and I think the main problem of climate change and air pollution is human activity so we should avoid from burning of house hold item material because its harmful for environment

@saeedbasabain4188 Год назад

Thanks

@tgchan Месяц назад

Thank you.

@sodiqmominjonov7282 Год назад

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@bilolch1k17 2 месяца назад

I know BCC is the best channel rather than others

@ahsokatano9453 Год назад

We really are too many people

@delilah28100 Год назад

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

@Acccountable 11 месяцев назад

Bingo, we only take up 4% of all the land. Why not branch out and create new SMART GRIDDED cities. Oh, that's right the elites won't have as much money.

@ocbaau9838 Год назад

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

@RNRezamohammadi Год назад

great

@irenefang246 Год назад

Thanks BBC My summary while listening This program's topic is related to the environment, climate change specifically. The main question here is what is the biggest cause of climate change? The obvious answer would be carbon emissions caused by humans. However, recently scientists in the West have focused on another issue which is overpopulation, the ever-increasing number of people globally. Arvind Ravikumar, a professor of climate policy, has findings that are quite astonishing after crunching the numbers. He concluded that two billion low-income people would produce very little carbon emissions while two billion high-income people would increase the carbon levels a lot. This is due to the fact that those with a high living have mod cons including machines and technology to make their lives more pleasant and easier. Therefore, the real problems are actually overconsumption and affluence, but not overpopulation. In an interview, Priti Dhagan, a rich Indian housewife, shared that you could not be judgmental about anybody's needs. In fact, people are drawn by consumer goods which increase their levels of happiness. Generally speaking, her heart wins over her brain so she doesn't feel apologetic about her habit of shopping regularly.

@Truthseeker371 10 месяцев назад

Oh, you are referring to materialism and consumerism. Yes, decluttering and not wanting helps reduce the garbage disposal. Shopholic is a metal problem, lack of being loved. Needs a good talk with husband and therapy. So does hoarding, childhood emotional issues.

@victornguyen1 Год назад

Excuse me, at around 1:04 there is a phrase "within one lifetime". I don't really understand what it means. Thank you for any help by chance

@eldostisrafil2090 Год назад

@meghrajadhikari4862 Год назад

May I suggest some other topics? forgiveness, yoga, pranayam, habit, vipassana etc.

@magesalmanac6424 Год назад

Bruh you won’t have any yoga when the planet is dead 🤔

@sreyneangnea589 Год назад

Of course, We need to solve that. People don't really see how hard it is to have more people. They are just indeed happy with baring more and more kids.

@shaungrundle3236 Год назад

Its a taboo topic. But economics will solve the issue eventually.

@Truthseeker371 10 месяцев назад

Growing old age group is also a concern to the pension and taxation system, not to talk about burden on medical expenses.

@jenniferbate9682 10 месяцев назад

How about having a programme on Pronunciation?😊

@socogil1567 7 месяцев назад

thank you

@nerminkaya3635 Год назад

Hi, what level is this podcast? I think it's B2-C1

@user-mu3iy8fq3d 6 месяцев назад

A cornerstone of effective climate action lies in education and awareness, enlightening the public about the far-reaching consequences of their choices.

@its_devil9433 Год назад

It's Asia from Pakistan.. This channel was suggested by one of my best teacher.. literally I get a lot of vocab on daily basis.. Pop up.

@marcefmont7638 8 месяцев назад

This topic leads me to think that at the rate we are going it will be very difficult to rescue the world

@futuremillionaire394 Год назад

What about Gas emissions and exhaust fumes from vehicles

@k2dreamer.k2paswan Год назад

Where are you Churchill documentary ...Dogi tell me

@Snow-cm7ov Год назад

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

@burak3502 Год назад

Does anyone know what level those English videos are in ?

@bbclearningenglish Год назад

They are upper-intermediate, generally.

@Lili_diiip 11 месяцев назад

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@djsickbeat8271 Год назад

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@djsickbeat8271 Год назад

Thank you so much

@phungthiong4295 Год назад

emissions - overconsumption - carbon footprint

@user-ie6wk3zf7f Год назад

Hi please i have problem with preposition to and for for example no alphabet to fear or to fear thank you i wait your answer

@MyoMyintMyintMyat-wd6rf 10 месяцев назад

Yes, we all can see that the difference between the usage of poor and rich people. Only rich person can receive high quality living standards especially western countries. People in developing countries struggle to get basic needs.

@erdogandinc473 Год назад

Climate change is the most crucial issue that people have to overcome even if they will leave their luxury.

@Acccountable 11 месяцев назад

Well the same people were yapping about it back in the 1920's, so what happened??? Nothing, we don't control the climate, never did, never will.

@IsratJahan-zl9fq 8 месяцев назад

I like this video

@theultimatereductionist7592 Год назад

YES! YES! and YES! (to the question asked in the title to this video)

@RobertoRota92 Год назад

Yes, there are and not in Europe, in Asia and Africa

@hashimmohamud2922 Год назад

I don't believe one of the contributors to climate change is overpopulation, but there are more other factors which can contribute climate change, including consumption of fossil fuel ⛽️

@sosososososo4148 9 месяцев назад

I would say yes. Many people breed when they can never afford

@demon_-tc9pe Год назад

Careful money 05

@teixautarlo Год назад

Huge population.

@Phan27 Год назад

We can live together nature.

@sosm5709 7 месяцев назад

what's the theme of the BBC podacst? answer quickly i'm in class and struggling with the question. Thank you. Kind regards. A frenchy that eat frogs.

@david-xg4hb Год назад

The BBC are so informative if u listen carefully and believe the complete opposite

@ishida7151 Год назад

😊

@tomwatson9710 Год назад

In a word, yes :(

@scottdavis3571 Год назад

It's pretty much about a person's carbon footprint.

@ClutchGG-Gang Год назад

At 5:18 they recap the vocabulary

@ciuzdamm Год назад

There is no scientific link between CC and CO2 footprint. You might have had some point when you linked GW aka Greenhouse effect with CO2, but dropping GW and replacing it with CC was a fatal move for you. And, yes, there are too many people on Planet Earth: the ones that are saying that there are too many people and they should sacrifice themselves first, in order to save the Planet.

@theultimatereductionist7592 Год назад

There is no scientific link to teachers exercising their First Amendment Freedom of Speech to talk about transgender and homosexual experiences in Florida schools and any "illegality" or "crime" being committed. Nobody needs to take a biased judge's ruling or a biased cop's ruling/decision seriously. Only Atheist Antinatalist Animal Rights Vegan judges should be taken seriously.

@Aman-ce4vg Год назад

@Winstin charchil.

@user-oo2bs3md2k Год назад

it seems natual disasters is a good way to clean global

@vanessasilvani7709 Год назад

Too many people? No, there are too many malthusians. Is the sentence correct?

@RandompostsbyAnsleigh 8 месяцев назад

Hello BBC Learning English is it ok if I put your logo with full credits on my intro video on my channel for Climate Change I thought I would reach out to you about this and I feel like your channel would be a perfect opportunity to raise more awareness of Climate Change. If not that’s fine I just wanted to ask.

@bbclearningenglish 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for your question. You can link to our videos or embed them, but you aren't able to use our logo or credits on your own video.

@RandompostsbyAnsleigh 8 месяцев назад

@@bbclearningenglish ok thanks so much I hope you have a great day/night

@ytkamta7778 Год назад

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@ABHISHEK-yt6eh Год назад

Done

@yousifatobiya7279 Год назад

The summary of climate change is easy. It is the change of humidity in atmosphere, which produce between the (land)and the(seas & oceans) on the other hand... Occurring of rains, snow, storms, and floods at time and in unexpected places, confirm my theory(the change in the directions of winds)which must be balanced... How to reduce the heat of the earth and atmosphere? We must supply the earth with a natural cooling places... Results: ---------- 1- To balance the water vapor which produces between the( ground)and the(seas and oceans )... 2- To balance the pressures of the air in the atmosphere... 3- To balance the directions of winds which caused the climate change... 4- To control upon the storms and harricans... 5- To revive the the first theory of climate change (dynamic horizontal movement). 6- To balance the percentage of gases forming the atmosphere. NOTE :The lack of water vapor is of land not of seas and oceans... These studies had completed and sent on July 26th 2000... Yousif A Tobiya Forcibly displaced

@fadxacumar1752 Год назад

But I think it's temperature not human activity

@MinhPham-cb5hl Год назад

Let your heart rule your head(id) do st based on emotion or personal desire rather than logical/practical thought/ reasons Ex: when we fall in love with sb, we usually let our heart rule our head more. Mod cons: is short for modern convieniences such as washing machines, air-conditioning and fridges which made life become easier and more pleasant. Affluence(n) having lots of money or owing many material possessions Ex: The rich often live in affluence/ a life of affluence. Judgmental: quick to criticize people.

@Ephemeral996 Год назад

Short answer yes there is too many people in the world there has been for decades

@Needglory23 3 месяца назад

Yes

@RaquelPerez-pr6fn Год назад

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@YK-xl2ed 6 месяцев назад

in japan, there have been massive deforestations for the solar panels construction in this decade. is it the right countermeasure against global warming ?

@eugeneayisah7893 4 месяца назад

population increase with high demand of developmental projects in the industrial sector is a major reason for climate change, taking Accra as a case study where we do not practice the process of planting trees to absorb harmful emission into the atmosphere The indigenes lacks quality air which posses several health hazards to its environs