B2 · Upper Intermediate
Climate & Sustainability
Danish vocabulary for climate change and green living: emissions, ecosystems, the green transition and the crises that drive it.
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- Words & phrases
- 51
- Lessons
- 3
- Conversations
- 2
- Readings
- 2
A preview of what you’ll master
Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- climate change
- emission, discharge
- environmentally friendly
- recycling
- to recycle
- green transition
- climate footprint
- ecosystem
- natural disaster
- temperature rise
- climate neutrality
- climate policy
- to compensate, to offset
- climate summit
- recycling center
- district heating
- climate accounts, carbon accounting
- emission allowance (emissions quota)
- sea ice
- single-use plastic
- climate refugee
- wind farm
- shared car (car-sharing vehicle)
- to reduce, to bring down
- to climate-proof
- to add insulation, to retrofit insulation
- to tighten, to sharpen
- fossil-free
- environmentally conscious
- plant-based
- a solar farm
- a biogas plant
- a district heating pipe
- an energy label
- an energy retrofit
- a deposit return scheme
- a habitat
- a nature park
- water pollution
- noise pollution
- a sustainability report
- to save energy
- a carbon offset
- climate neutral
- green energy
- carbon capture
- throwaway culture
- to cut emissions
- soil erosion
- unsustainable
- to slow down, to curb a development
Danish words, pronunciation, and practice are waiting inside your learning account.
Understand the why
Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Climate and Sustainability
- Lesson 2
Evaluating a Municipal Climate Plan
- Lesson 3
Choosing a Climate Priority
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.

Upper Intermediate · Part 1
Work through the vocabulary, lessons, conversations and reading activities in this part. Practice grammar along the way.
22 Units · about 20.5 h

Danish Test 3 Practice
Write a structured text that takes a position and give a presentation you can defend in a follow-up conversation.
9 Units · about 7.5 h
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