There is now a consensus among the majority of the world’s scientists that the Earth is already experiencing the effects of man-made climate change.

Activity 1: Pre-reading task

How much do you know about global warming? Do a quiz.

You can find the answers here:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-climate-threat.htm

Activity 2: Comprehension tasks

Read the text at:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-climate-cities.htm

Then return here to do an activity.

ZeroCarbonCity is a new initiative that puts cities at the centre of the climate change issue. Read the texts at:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-zerocarboncity.htm
http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-climate-debate.htm

Then return here to answer some questions.

Activity 3: Follow-up task

Do you live in a city? Let us know how your city is tackling climate change. Do you think it should do more?

Send us your opinions on the subject.