Climate Change Flashcards by Emma Laurent | Brainscape

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Le changement climatique

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Climate change

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La lutte contre le réchauffement de la planète

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Tackling global warming

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Augmenter

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To drive up

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La tendance actuelle

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Current trends

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La climatologie

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Climate science

Climatology

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Anthropogénique

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Man-made

Anthropogenic

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Un climatologue

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A climate scientist

A climatologist

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Le réchauffement de l’atmosphère

Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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Une augmentation des températures

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A rise in temperature

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Prévoir

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To forecast

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Une station météorologique

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A weather station

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Un ballon-sonde

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A weather balloon

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Régime des précipitations

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Rain patterns

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Surveiller l’évolution des températures

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To monitor temperatures

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When was the Kyoto Protocol signed ?

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1997

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What is the target of the Kyoto Protocol?

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For developed countries to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming

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How many countries are party to the Kyoto Protocol?

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More than 180

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La combustion d’énergies fossiles

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The burning of fossil fuels

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Le dioxyde de carbone

CO2

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Carbon dioxide

CO2

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Émettre du CO2

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To emit carbon dioxide

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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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Les gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gases

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Les émissions

Les rejets de gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gas emissions

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Les émissions de dioxyde de carbone

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Carbon emissions

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Réduire les émissions de carbone

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To cut carbon emissions

To curb carbon emissions

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Réduire son emprunte de carbone

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To reduce one’s carbon imprint

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La surconsommation

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Overconsumption

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Application

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Implementation

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Le niveau de la mer

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The sea level

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Une élévation du niveau de la mer

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A rise in sea level

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Inonder

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To flood

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Au dessus du niveau de la mer

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Above sea level

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En dessous du niveau de la mer

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Below sea level

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L’emporter sur

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To outweigh (something)

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Impliquer

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To entail

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Des dégâts

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Damage

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Provoquer des dégâts

Causer des dégâts

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To cause damage

To do damage

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Nocif

Néfaste

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Harmful

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Etre en danger

Etre menacé

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To be at risk

To be in danger

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Un glacier

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A glacier

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La calotte glacière

La calotte polaire

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The polar icecap

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Le pôle Nord

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The North Pole

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Le pôle Sud

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The South Pole

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La banquise

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Icefield

Ice floe

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Un ours polaire

Un ours blanc

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A polar bear

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Fondre

Dégeler

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To thaw

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Dégel

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Thaw

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Fondre

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To melt

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L’eau douce

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Fresh water

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Eau de mer

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Sea water

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La nappe phréatique

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Groundwater

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En pleine expansion

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Buoyant

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Un institut de sondages

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A polling firm

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Plafonner

Imposer un plafond à

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To cap

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Le commerce des droits d’émission du carbone

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Carbon trading

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Plafonner et échanger (les quotas d’émission)

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Cap and trade

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Une taxe verte

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A green tax

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Instaurer une taxe carbone

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To introduce a carbon tax

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Un climato-sceptique

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A climate change denier

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What is the IPCC?

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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When was the IPCC created?

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1988

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What is the role of the IPCC?

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To evaluate the risk of climate change caused by human activity

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Arrêter de gaspiller l’énergie

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To stop wasting energy

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Des ampoules basse consommation

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Low-energy lightbulbs

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Éteindre les appareils électriques

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To switch off electrical appliances

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Isoler une pièce

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To insulate a room

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L’isolation (thermique)

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Insulation

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Aller au travail en bicyclette

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To cycle to work

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Un système de vélos en libre-service

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A bicycle-sharing system

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Incitations

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Incentives

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Recevoir

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To be issued

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Etre récompensé

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To be rewarded