Learn · Sentences Discussing Climate Change

The longer we delay taking meaningful action on climate change, the more difficult and costly it will be to mitigate its effects, and the future of our planet will be at risk.

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Sentence

Narrator

The longer we delay taking meaningful action on climate change, the more difficult and costly it will be to mitigate its effects, and the future of our planet will be at risk.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving a Warning

We must act on climate change now; delaying will make mitigation far more difficult and expensive.

Presenting Evidence

Studies show that delaying action on climate change leads to increased costs and greater challenges in mitigating its effects.

Making an Argument

The longer we wait to address climate change, the greater the risk to our planet's future and the higher the economic burden will be.

Summarizing a Report

The report concludes that inaction on climate change will result in increasingly difficult and costly mitigation efforts, jeopardizing the planet's future.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Procrastination in addressing climate change will exponentially increase the complexity and expense of mitigating its consequences, thereby endangering the planet's future.

Casual

The longer we put off dealing with climate change, the harder and more expensive it'll be to fix, and the planet's in big trouble.

Simpler English

If we wait to fix climate change, it will get harder and cost more, and the Earth will be in danger.

Phrases to learn

meaningful action

Action that has a significant and positive impact.

mitigate its effects

To lessen the severity or impact of something.