Climate of scares 2

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Pol. decydent
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policymaker
Summary for Policymakers
When you _______ a letter, email, book, or speech, you write the first version of it;
Pol. redagować, projektować, układać
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draft
it was drafted in consultation with governments
A _____ is a warning of a specific limitation of something such as information or an agreement;
Pol. zastrzeżenie
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caveat
caveats contained in the experts' report did not appear.
Pol. nadać (czemuś) szczególene znaczenie, poświęcić czemuś szczególną uwagę
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give prominence to sth
The second report gave particular prominence to a study
If sth or sb is_____, they are unknown, or are known by only a few people.
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obscure
an obscure US government scientist
to be strongly criticized;
Pol. znaleźć się pod obstrzałem
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come under fire
This study came under heavy fire
Pol. stanąć na drodze twierdzenia
x7
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stand in the way of the claim
But this was not allowed to stand in the way of the claim that there was now complete scientific consensus behind the CO2 thesis
Pol. zgodne przekonanie, konsensus
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consensus
there was now complete scientific consensus behind the CO2 thesis
Pol. utorować drogę czemuś
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pave the way for sth
Al Gore paved the way in 1997 for the Kyoto Protocol.
Pol. zobowiązać kogoś do czegoś
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commit sb to sth
Kyoto formally committed governments to drastic reductions in their CO2 emissions.
Pol. emisja, wydzielanie
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emission
CO2 emissions.
A _____ is a written agreement between countries in which they agree to do a particular thing or to help each other;
Pol. traktat, umowa
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treaty
But the treaty still had to be ratified
an attempt
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bid
his efforts was bid to suppress an article
to withhold from circulation or publication;
Pol. powstrzymać, ukryć, wycofać, zatuszować
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suppress
suppress an article
If something _____ in a particular direction, or if someone _____ it, it moves with a short, sudden movement.
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flicks
the "hockey stick" is suddenly flicking up at the end to record levels.
the highest or foremost position
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pride of place
the report was given pride of place at the top of page 1.
Pol. otrzymał zaszczytne miejsce
x6
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it was given pride of place
the report was given pride of place at the top of page 1.
Pol. zetrzeć, wymazać
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wipe away
The Mediaeval Warming, the Little Ice Age, the 20th century Little Cooling, when CO2 had already been rising, all had been wiped away.
Pol. zgłaszać wątpliwości
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raise doubts
a number of academics began to raise doubts about the graph.
If you say that an activity, process, or series of events _____ in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
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culminates
This culminated in 2003 with a study showing...

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