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UN: World must end 'dirty' fuel use

Vocabulary

fossil fuels

substances formed underground from dead plants and animals which are used for energy (eg. coal, oil, gas)

locked into

unable to easily change a particular behaviour or plan because it has advantages (eg. financial)

greenhouse gases

gases in the atmosphere that trap escaping heat energy, causing some of it to pass back to the Earth's surface

building up

increasing gradually

phasing out

gradually reducing

boosting

increasing

assumptions

information accepted as true even if there is no proof

feasible

possible