氣候變遷 qìhòu biànqiān - climate change

關注 guānzhù - to pay attention to

議題 yìtí - issue, topic

整體 zhěngtǐ - overall, whole

深遠 shēnyuǎn - profound, far-reaching

北極 Běijí - the Arctic

南極 Nánjí - the Antarctic

冰川 bīngchuān - glacier

融化 rónghuà - to melt

排放 páifàng - to emit, emission

二氧化碳 èryǎnghuàtàn - carbon dioxide

甲烷 jiǎwán - methane

溫室氣體 wēnshì qìtǐ - greenhouse gas

積累 jīlěi - to accumulate

大氣層 dàqìcéng - atmosphere

溫室 wēnshì - greenhouse

太空總署 Tàikōng Zǒngshǔ - NASA

創下 chuàngxià - to set (a record)

緯度 wěidù - latitude

天災 tiānzāi - natural disaster

減緩 jiǎnhuǎn - to slow down

攝氏 shèshì - Celsius

熱浪 rèlàng - heatwave

危及生命 wéijí shēngmìng - life-threatening

極端 jíduān - extreme

疾病 jíbìng - disease

分布 fēnbù - distribution

遍布 biànbù - to be spread all over

進一步 jìnyíbù - further

威脅 wēixié - threat, to threaten

糧食 liángshí - food, grain

生產 shēngchǎn - production

作物 zuòwù - crop

產量 chǎnliàng - yield, output

大幅減少 dàfú jiǎnshǎo - significant decrease

稻米 dàomǐ - rice

小麥 xiǎomài - wheat

危機 wéijī - crisis

降低電力 jiàngdī diànlì - to reduce electricity

漁業 yúyè - fishery

捕魚 bǔyú - to fish

基礎建設 jīchǔ jiànshè - infrastructure

颶風 jùfēng - hurricane

洪水 hóngshuǐ - flood

災害 zāihài - disaster

消融 xiāoróng - to melt, to thaw

缺水 quēshuǐ - water scarcity

心態 xīntài - mindset

永續發展 yǒngxù fāzhǎn - sustainable development

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