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  • to continue to live or exist in or after a difficult or dangerous situation
    survive
  • to do work for an organization that collects money to help people who are poor, sick, etc. or do work that is useful to society
    work for charity
  • to try to deal with a problem, etc.
    address
  • changes in the earth's weather, including changes in temperature, wind patterns and rainfall, especially the increase in the temperature of the earth's atmosphere that is caused by the increase of particular gases, especially carbon dioxide
    climate change
  • one half of a circle
    semi-circle
  • to start a business, an organization, a system, etc.
    set up
  • to destroy sth or damage it badly
    devastate
  • a person or an organization that competes against others
    competitor
  • to build something again
    rebuild
  • the number of people who are unemployed
    unemployment
  • involving two or more countries
    international
  • to be worried about or interested in sth
    care about sth
  • to take part in a planned series of activities in order to make sth happen or to prevent sth
    campaign
  • to move to a anew place to live or to run a business
    relocate
  • times when a mountain with a hole in the top throws out steam, lava (= hot melted rock), fire, smoke, etc.
    volcanic eruptions
  • cutting down trees over a large area
    deforestation
  • a person who supports a political party, sports team, etc.
    supporter
  • a person who is employed by a charity
    charity worker
  • large amounts of water that have spread from a river, the sea, etc. and that cover an area which should be dry
    floods
  • a person who takes part in something
    participant
  • the process in which areas of the countryside become part of towns and cities
    urbanization
  • a person whose job is to find ways of collecting money for a charity or an organization
    fundraiser
  • to affect a large area or a bigger group of people; to make sth do this
    spread
  • to plan or arrange an event, activity, etc.
    organize
  • the state of being poor
    poverty
  • to add a substance which will make sth dirty or harmful
    contaminate
  • to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safer; to leave a place because it is dangerous
    evacuate
  • to be a member of a group or an organization
    belong to sth
  • to give money or goods to help a person or organization, especially one or people or animals who need help
    donate
  • a long period without rain
    drought
  • a person who offers or agrees to do sth without being forced or paid to do it
    volunteer
  • an illness of the body in humansm animals or plants
    disease
  • to keep sth safe or in good condition
    preserve
  • with too many people inside
    overcrowded
  • to work with sb else to achieve sth
    co-operate
  • so full that the contents go over the sides
    overflowing
  • to give things to a large number of people
    distribute
  • a person who agrees to pay money to a charity for sb else completes a particular activity
    sponsor
  • to advertise sth in order to increase its sales or make it popular
    promote
  • to say or show that you do not approve of or agree with sth, especially publicly
    protest
  • to need sb/sth and not be able to live or work properly without them or it
    rely on sb
  • to help sb/sth
    aid
  • a lack of food over a long period of time in a large area that can cause the death of many people
    famine
  • sudden, violent movements of the earth's surface
    earthquake
  • having few industries and a low standard of living
    underdeveloped
  • to appear again or e seen again
    reappear
  • the act of making the air, water etc. dirty and dangerous
    pollution
  • to try to win or achieve sth, or to try to be better than sb else
    compete
  • to help sb/sth by saying that you agree with them or it, and sometimes giving particular help such as money
    support
  • something which doesn't last forever, temporary
    semi-permanent
  • to think that sb/sth is good or right
    believe in sth
  • a person who organizes or provides the money for an event
    promoter
  • to carry sb/sth away
    wash sb/sth away
  • to communicate or mix with someone, especially while you work, play, or spend time together
    interact
  • a person who takes part in a planned series of activities in order to make sth happen or to prevent sth
    campaigner
  • to live or be together at the same time or in the same place as sb/sth
    co-exist