Sustainable Development in China
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Objective
I can analyze the challenges and opportunities for sustainable development in China.
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Warm-up video
Financial Times · 5:03
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Fabric Nano is developing methods to sustainably synthesize bioplastics and fossil fuel-free chemical ingredients at scale, producing them 100 times faster than petroleum-based products.
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The Empire Building Challenge is providing 50 million dollars in funding to building owners to pilot innovative retrofit solutions, as old buildings make up 80 to 90 percent of our usage.
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Costa Rica is the first tropical country to have halted and reversed deforestation by taxing fossil fuels, saving more than 1 million hectares of forest and replanting 7 million trees.
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Practice
10 questions
What is the primary goal of achieving a 'net zero economy' as mentioned in the video?
According to the video, what is one of the main challenges in making buildings more sustainable?
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Exit ticket
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“Describe one challenge and one opportunity for achieving sustainable development in China, based on the examples provided in the video.”
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