Climate change Flashcards

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Le changement climatique

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Climate changing

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Un système climatique

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A climate system

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Le réchauffement planétaire

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Global warming

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Les dérèglements climatiques

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Climate extremes

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Une augmentation des températures moyennes

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An increase in average temperatures

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Réchauffer la terre

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To heat up the earth

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Retenir la chaleur

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To retain /to trap heat

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Un îlot de chaleur urbain

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An urban heat Island

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Empêcher l’excès de chaleur

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To keep excess heat

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Rejeter des GES dans l’atmosphère

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To release greenhouse gases

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Menacer le climat de la terre

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To threaten the earth’s climate

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Modifier les tendances climatiques

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To alter weather patterns

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Perturber le climat

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To pertub the climate

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Provoquer des changements

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To produce /to bring about climate changes

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Élever les températures

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To drive up temperatures

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Le protocole de Kyoto

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The Kyoto protocol

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Le sommet de Copenhague

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The copenhagen summit

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Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC)

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Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC)

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Un traité sur le climat

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A climate treaty

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L législation sur le climat

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Climate legislation

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Des technologies non agressives pour le climat

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Climate-friendly technologies

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La bourse du carbone

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Emissions trading

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Les émissions de CO2

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Talpipe emissions

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Les rejets de fumée des usines

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Smokestack emisssions

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L’accumulation de CO2

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The buildup of carbon dioxide

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L’équivalent carbone

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Carbon equivalent (CE)

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Un puits de carbone

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A carbon sink

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Un émetteur de dioxide de carbone

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An emitter of carbon dioxide

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Une compensation carbone

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A carbon offset /a carbon credit

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Réduire les gaz a effets de serre

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To curb greenhouse gases /emissions

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Capturer le CO2

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To capture carbon dioxide

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Une limite aux emissions de gaz à effet de serre

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A cap on GHG

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Une recherche de sources énergétiques non polluantes

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A search for non-polluting energy sources

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Faire face à des perspectives peu réjouissantes

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To face grim prospects