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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
To cut carbon emissions | To curb carbon emissions
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Réduire son emprunte de carbone
To reduce one's carbon imprint
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La surconsommation
Overconsumption
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Application
Implementation
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Le niveau de la mer
The sea level
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Une élévation du niveau de la mer
A rise in sea level
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Inonder
To flood
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Une inondation
A flood
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Au dessus du niveau de la mer
Above sea level
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En dessous du niveau de la mer
Below sea level
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L'emporter sur
To outweigh (something)
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Impliquer
To entail
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Des dégâts
Damage
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Provoquer des dégâts | Causer des dégâts
To cause damage | To do damage
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Nocif | Néfaste
Harmful
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Etre en danger | Etre menacé
To be at risk | To be in danger
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Un glacier
A glacier
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La calotte glacière | La calotte polaire
The polar icecap
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Le pôle Nord
The North Pole
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Le pôle Sud
The South Pole
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La banquise
Icefield | Ice floe
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Un ours polaire | Un ours blanc
A polar bear
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Fondre | Dégeler
To thaw
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Dégel
Thaw
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Fondre
To melt
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L'eau douce
Fresh water
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Eau de mer
Sea water
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La nappe phréatique
Groundwater
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En pleine expansion
Buoyant
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Un institut de sondages
A polling firm
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Plafonner | Imposer un plafond à
To cap
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Le commerce des droits d'émission du carbone
Carbon trading
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Plafonner et échanger (les quotas d'émission)
Cap and trade
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Une taxe verte
A green tax
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Instaurer une taxe carbone
To introduce a carbon tax
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Un climato-sceptique
A climate change denier
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What is the IPCC?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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When was the IPCC created?
1988
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What is the role of the IPCC?
To evaluate the risk of climate change caused by human activity
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Arrêter de gaspiller l'énergie
To stop wasting energy
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Des ampoules basse consommation
Low-energy lightbulbs
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Éteindre les appareils électriques
To switch off electrical appliances
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Isoler une pièce
To insulate a room
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L'isolation (thermique)
Insulation
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Aller au travail en bicyclette
To cycle to work
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Un système de vélos en libre-service
A bicycle-sharing system
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Incitations
Incentives
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Recevoir
To be issued
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Etre récompensé
To be rewarded

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