building a huge wind energy project in Algeria since 2004.

investing in research projects to develop alternative clean energy sources.

reducing its contributions to the 400-megawatt hydrogen energy plant in Abu Dhabi.

working on a biofuel project with researchers at the California Institute of Technology.

competing with the Imperial College in London to develop flexible plastic solar cells.

“What do you say to critics, such as Jim Hansen…” (line 6)

“If you project forward the predicted growth in renewable energy,” (lines 17-19)

“So we’re going to need a broad mix of conventional and alternative energy sources.” (lines 22-23)

“We need to be working very hard on those now, but we shouldn’t kid ourselves…” (lines 36-38)

“... we ... are on track to invest $8 billion by 2015, as we said we were going to.” (lines 60-62)

The three officials mentioned in the text presented their point of view about the MoU in the first person.

The Minister for Media and Heritage for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is responsible for the World Heritage Sites.

The whole MoU thing is to update the Caribbean Islands’ heritage.

One of the officials stated that the local communities must avoid using heritage conservation as a way of making their living.

Developing countries will benefit from the MoU as well as the United Kingdom’s experts.

The current World Heritage List lacks of updating.

More than cooperation between governments, abundant resources are required to protect heritages at risk.

The United Kingdom’s conservation knowledge can barely contribute to the recognition of potential World Heritage Sites.

The conservation and maintenance of natural heritage will be prioritized by UNESCO.

Lord McIntosh shows some pessimism about the Memorandum of Understanding.

the United Kingdom’s acceptance as a member of UNESCO.

UNESCO’s budget difficulties.

improvements in the field of heritage conservation.

the dissolution of the World Heritage Committee.

the nomination of Mr. Timothy Craddock to become the United Kingdom Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO.

encourage middle class people to use air transportation more often in their daily routines.

protest against the safety problems that have been disturbing air transportation worldwide.

inform legislators and politicians about the necessary measures to make the aviation system safer.

point out issues that have been affecting aviation and suggest ways of dealing with them.

evaluate the role of aviation from a historical perspective since the invention of the airplane.

it is an essential service and a reasonably safe means of connecting people.

it is the only way of integrating populations isolated by long-lasting war conflicts.

there is no other reliable means of transportation available nowadays.

the emerging middle class will soon be able to afford expensive air tickets.

most people in isolated countries prefer fast airplanes to slow-moving trains.

"...2 billion..." (line 16) – the actual number of middle class citizens around the world.

"...70 million..." (line 17) – the number of citizens that become members of the middle class annually.

"...90 million..." (line 19) – the number of citizens that will join the middle class in 2027.

"...more than 2,500 percent." (line 39) – the share of Chinese workers who can pay for transportation and communication.

"...one-in-a million..." (lines 61-62) – the percentage of tragedies not caused by a simple error.

the future of a nation’s economy is defined by evidences of its current economic profile.

knowing about problems in economy will certainly influence economic growth.

economic indices reveal the past and will definitely trace the future.

economic sectors might keep on growing, even though certain economically significant signs of crisis emerge.

financial indices are signs of the current economic situation and therefore represent future economic growth.

vague topics that may not be fully announced.

forbidden subjects that will never be made public.

challenging problems that are not easy to deal with.

intricate questions that have been solved by experts.

intricate questions that have been solved by experts.