C1 Writing Test - Climate Policy & Responsibility
Strengthen C1 Writing on climate policy using gap-fills and MCQs. Key terms: carbon pricing, mitigation, enforcement, just transition, consumption patterns.
Fill each blank with one word from the Word Bank. Use each word once only.
Word bank (choose 8)
externalities • abatement • carbon pricing • price corridor • adaptation • just transition • MRV (monitoring, reporting and verification) • enforcement
Despite record pledges, emissions keep rising because measures prioritise optics over structural levers. Economists emphasise [1]
to internalise [2] , yet in the absence of credible [3] and a predictable [4] , firms postpone [5] . Cities must fund climate [6] - from urban cooling to flood defences - while national plans pair renewables with grid reform. A [7] depends on revenue recycling for worker reskilling and regional support, and rigorous [8] to deter greenwashing and track progress.
Fill each blank with one word from the Word Bank. Use each word once only.
Word bank (choose 8)
fossil-fuel subsidies • consumption patterns • carbon border adjustment • life-cycle emissions • demand-side measures • carbon leakage • nature-based solutions • resilience
Public campaigns target [1] through labelling and nudges, but without phasing out [2] , price signals remain distorted. To prevent industry flight to laxer jurisdictions, lawmakers consider a [3] that equalises costs at the border. Cities invest in [4] by upgrading drainage and heat shelters, while ministries back [5] such as mangrove restoration that protect coasts and store carbon. Procurement rules should account for [6] , not merely tailpipe metrics, steering contracts toward low-carbon cement and shipping. Alongside supply-side policies, calibrated [7] - from efficiency standards to modal shifts - cut energy waste. Finally, robust tracking and trade rules limit [8] as domestic ambition rises.