global issues higher tier

Agotar

to exhaust, use up

Agujero, el

hole

Amenazar

to threaten

Apagar

to turn off (lights, etc)

Arruinar

to ruin, to destroy

Atasco, el

traffic jam

Aumento, el

increase

Beneficio, el

benefit

Calentamiento global, el

global warming

Capa de ozono, la

ozone layer

Combatir

to fight, to combat

Cometer

to commit

Consumo, el

consumption

Desechos, los

rubbish, waste

Desigualdad, la

inequality

Desperdicio, el

waste, rubbish, squandering

Echar la culpa

to blame

Efecto invernadero, el

greenhouse effect

Ensuciar

to make dirty, to soil, to make a mess

Envase, el

wrapping, packaging; container

Escasez, la

shortage, want, lack

Estropear

to ruin, to spoil

Gamberro, el

hooligan, lout, troublemaker

Gases de escape, los

exhaust fumes

Huracán, el

hurricane

Igualdad, la

equality

Incendio, el

fire

Inundación, la

flood

Lluvia ácida, la

acid rain

Marea negra, la

oil spill

Multa, la

fine

Nocivo

harmful

Petrolero, el

oil tanker

Prejuicio, el

prejudice

Residuos, los

refuse, waste, rubbish

Selva, la

jungle, tropical forest

Sequía, la

drought

“Sin techo”, los

homeless people

Testigo, el

witness

Vertedero, el

rubbish dump, tip