Chapitre 42 : Global Warning (le réchauffement climatique) Flashcards by Renaud Abate

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le changement climatique

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climate change

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un climatologue

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a climate scientist / a climatologist

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le monde se réchauffe

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the world is heating up

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la planète suffoque

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the planet is choking

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un bouleversement climatique

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a major shift in climate

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modifier les tendances climatiques

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to alter weather patterns

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les catastrophes liées à la météo

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weather-related disasters

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des conditions météo extrêmes

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extreme weather

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un scénario catastrophe

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a nightmare scenario

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être causé par l’activité humaine

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to be caused by human activity

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aggraver la situation

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to exacerbate the situation

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dévaster

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to devastate

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la diminution de la couche d’ozone

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ozone depletion

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des gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gases

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des émissions de gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gas emissions

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des gaz qui retiennent la chaleur

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heat-trapping gases

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rejeter du gaz carbonique

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to emit carbon dioxide

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absorber le gaz carbonique

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to absorb / to soak up C02

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la sécheresse

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drought

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les calottes glaciaires / le permafrost

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ice caps / permafrost

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les fonte des glaciers

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the melting of glaciers

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la glace polaire s’amenuise

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polar ice is thinning

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la couche de neige diminue

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snow cover is shrinking

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le recul des glaciers

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glacier retreat

des inondations côtières

coastal flooding

une élévation du niveau de la mer

a rise in sea level

une vague de chaleur, une canicule

a heat wave

le protocole de Kyoto

the Kyoto protocol

un sommet, une conférence sur le climat

a climate summit / conference

atteindre un objectif

to meet a target

faire payer les pollueurs

to make polluters pay

réduire ses émissions de CO2

to cut one's emissions

réduire son empreinte carbone

to reduce one's carbon footprint

l'échange des droits d'émission de carbone

carbon trading

des énergies non renouvelables

fossil fuels

des énergies de substitution

alternative energy sources

séquestrer le CO2 dans le sous-sol

to trap CO2 in the subsoil

stocker le CO2 dans les océans

to store CO2 in the seas

empêcher les choses de se dégrader

to stop the rot