Exercise: complete the text below by putting the verb in brackets into the correct future tense. Be careful to use the right form and watch out for passive and active. Sometimes two solutions are possible.
The Kyoto Protocol sets binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas. By the end of the first commitment period in 2012, the EU (reduce) the amount of emissions by an average of 8%. The UK (meet) its target. In future, more homes and offices (insulate) and, instead of gas boilers, low carbon alternatives, such as heat pumps, (install). The way people travel (change) and there (be) a shift away from fossil fuels to generate electricity from renewable energy sources. By 2050, 80% of electricity in Germany (generate) from renewable sources. The feed-in tariffs (encourage) the use of new energy technologies. We (probably become) accustomed to solar panels on roofs and facades. Further conferences (plan) to fight global warming and more and more countries (participate) in the Kyoto Protocol. It (only be) possible to stop global warming if everybody is willing to do their part.