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Reducing food waste would mitigate climate change, study shows
April 7, 2016

Reducing food waste around the world would help curb
emissions of planet-warming gases, lessening some of the
impacts of climate change such as more extreme weather
and rising seas, scientists said on Thursday.
Up to 14% of emissions from agriculture in 2050 could
be avoided by managing food use and distribution better,
according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact Research (PIK). “Agriculture is a major
driver of climate change, accounting for more than 20% of
overall global greenhouse gas emissions in 2010,” said
co-author Prajal Pradhan. “Avoiding food loss and waste would
therefore avoid unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions and
help mitigate climate change.”
Between 30 and 40% of food produced around the world
is never eaten, because it is spoiled after harvest and during
transportation, or thrown away by shops and consumers. The
share of food wasted is expected to increase drastically if emerging economies like China and India adopt western food
habits, including a shift to eating more meat, the researchers
warned. Richer countries tend to consume more food than is
healthy or simply waste it, they noted.
As poorer countries develop and the world’s population
grows, emissions associated with food waste could soar
from 0.5 gigatonnes (GT) of carbon dioxide equivalent per
year to between 1.9 and 2.5 GT annually by mid-century,
showed the study published in the Environmental Science &
Technology journal. It is widely argued that cutting food waste
and distributing the world’s surplus food where it is needed
could help tackle hunger in places that do not have enough -
especially given that land to expand farming is limited.
But Jürgen Kropp, another of the study’s co-authors and
PIK’s head of climate change and development, told the
Thomson Reuters Foundation the potential for food waste
curbs to reduce emissions should be given more attention.
“It is not a strategy of governments at the moment,” he said.
(www.theguardian.com. Adaptado.)
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Reducing food waste would mitigate climate change, study shows
April 7, 2016

Reducing food waste around the world would help curb
emissions of planet-warming gases, lessening some of the
impacts of climate change such as more extreme weather
and rising seas, scientists said on Thursday.
Up to 14% of emissions from agriculture in 2050 could
be avoided by managing food use and distribution better,
according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact Research (PIK). “Agriculture is a major
driver of climate change, accounting for more than 20% of
overall global greenhouse gas emissions in 2010,” said
co-author Prajal Pradhan. “Avoiding food loss and waste would
therefore avoid unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions and
help mitigate climate change.”
Between 30 and 40% of food produced around the world
is never eaten, because it is spoiled after harvest and during
transportation, or thrown away by shops and consumers. The
share of food wasted is expected to increase drastically if emerging economies like China and India adopt western food
habits, including a shift to eating more meat, the researchers
warned. Richer countries tend to consume more food than is
healthy or simply waste it, they noted.
As poorer countries develop and the world’s population
grows, emissions associated with food waste could soar
from 0.5 gigatonnes (GT) of carbon dioxide equivalent per
year to between 1.9 and 2.5 GT annually by mid-century,
showed the study published in the Environmental Science &
Technology journal. It is widely argued that cutting food waste
and distributing the world’s surplus food where it is needed
could help tackle hunger in places that do not have enough -
especially given that land to expand farming is limited.
But Jürgen Kropp, another of the study’s co-authors and
PIK’s head of climate change and development, told the
Thomson Reuters Foundation the potential for food waste
curbs to reduce emissions should be given more attention.
“It is not a strategy of governments at the moment,” he said.
(www.theguardian.com. Adaptado.)
I - “However” (linha 09) poderia ser substituída, sem prejuízo de significado, por “Moreover”.
II - “Don’t take my word for it” (linha 12) equivale à “Não precisa acreditar em mim”.
III - “They” (linha 21) refere-se a “immigrants” (linha 21).
IV- A palavra “acknowledge“ pode ser usada como antônimo de “deny” (linha 23).
Estão corretas as afirmativas
INSTRUÇÃO: Para responder à questão, considere o texto abaixo.

(Excerpt from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, By Robert M. Pirsig. New York: Harpertorch, 1974)
I - A frase “John demurs.” (l. 04), significa, “John discorda.”, visto que ele tem atitude contrária a do narrador sobre a manutenção de motocicletas.
II - A forma nominal “building” na frase “The building stops” (l. 11) refere-se à conversa que se desenrola na frase “the conversation just naturally builds pleasantly” (l. 10) e que é interrompida.
III - As palavras “surface” (l. 17) e “underneath” (l. 17) têm sentidos opostos, sendo seus significados, respectivamente, “superfície” e “sob a superfície”.
Assinale a alternativa correta.



Nelson Mandela Disponível em:<www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/n/nelson_mandela.htm>. Acesso em: 24 ago. 2016
Nelson Mandela foi um líder rebelde, presidente da África do Sul de 1994 a 1999 e agraciado com o prêmio Nobel da paz em 1993. Nesse trecho, Mandela diz que nenhum de nós pode verdadeiramente descansar enquanto persistirem:
Disponível em: <http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/281078-don-t-be-in-a-hurry-to-condemn-becausehe-doesn-t>. Acesso em: 12 set. 2016
Citações são passagens curtas retiradas de textos orais ou escritos. Nessa citação, Malcolm X aconselha a:
I - A frase “John demurs.” (l. 04), significa, “John discorda.”, visto que ele tem atitude contrária a do narrador sobre a manutenção de motocicletas.
II - A forma nominal “building” na frase “The building stops” (l. 11) refere-se à conversa que se desenrola na frase “the conversation just naturally builds pleasantly” (l. 10) e que é interrompida.
III - As palavras “surface” (l. 17) e “underneath” (l. 17) têm sentidos opostos, sendo seus significados, respectivamente, “superfície” e “sob a superfície”.
Assinale a alternativa correta.


A QUESTÃO REFERE-SE AO TEXTO I
De acordo com o contexto, considere o significado das palavras nas opções abaixo:
I. “junk food” (L. 14) significa “comida sem valor nutritivo” .
II. “pupils” (L. 14) é sinômimo de “students”.
III. “ultimately” (L. 04) significa “ultimamente”.
IV. “committed” (L.14) significa “engajado”.
Estão corretas:

Text 3
CHIANG MAI, THAILAND
Care for Elephants
Asian elephants face many threats – especially loss of habitat due to encroaching development, which can lead to conflict with humans. Today the elephant population in Thailand is estimated at only 3,000 to 4,000. Lend a hand with the least fortune of these animals at the Elephant Nature Park outside Chiang Mai. As a sanctuary for orphaned and disabled elephants, some of which have been abused as work animals, the center invites visitors to help feed and bathe the gentle giants, as well as assist with general maintenance around the park.[…]

Text 4
SOUTH DAKOTA
Explore the Badlands
Over the past half million years, erosion has sculpted sediment deposited by the ancient sea that once stretched across the Great Plains into buttes, spires, and pinnacle formations, leaving us the Badlands. Named by the Lakota for its unwelcoming terrain that they believed was riddled with the remains of a mythological horned serpent, the striking landscape inspires awe among visitors today, especially during the magic hours of sunrise and sunset, and under a full moon.[…]

Text 5
COSTA RICA
Rescue Sea Turtles
Commercial fishing, coastal development, humans harvesting eggs, marine debris, oil spills: The threats to sea turtles are staggering. Only an estimated one in 1,000 to 10,000 survives to adulthood, which is why conservationists around the world depend on volunteers to give these primordial creatures the best shot possible. Help conduct nightly patrols along the black-sand beaches of Tortuguero National Park on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, one of the most important nesting sites in the Western Hemisphere.[…]
(In: Places That Will Change Your Life. Produced by National Geographic Partners, Washington, DC: 2016. Adaptado.)
Leia a tirinha para responder à questão.

<http://tinyurl.com/hbq57jx> Acesso em: 23.02.2016. Original colorido
Leia a tirinha para responder à questão.

<http://tinyurl.com/hbq57jx> Acesso em: 23.02.2016. Original colorido
No primeiro quadrinho da tirinha, um dos personagens comunica a sua decisão de














(source: https://br.pinterest.com/pin/444167581971867250/, accessed in Septmber/2016.)
Qual das frases a seguir melhor resume a mensagem do texto acima?


