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Sustainable Development Flashcards

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Épouvantable

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Appalling

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Moyenne

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Average

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Conscient

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Aware

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Interdire

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To ban

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Biodiversité

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Biodiversity

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Emprunter

Emprunteur

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To borrow

Borrower

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Enterrer

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To bury

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Un militant

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A campaigner

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Gaz carbonique

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Carbon (dioxide)

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Bétail

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Cattle

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Produits chimiques

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Chemicals

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Changement climatique

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Climate change

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Engagement

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Commitment

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Habitude de consommation

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Consumption pattern

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Principal

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Core

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Responsabilité des entreprises

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Corporate accountability

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Produits de beauté

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Cosmetics

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Récolte

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Crop

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Pétrole brut

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Crude oil

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Un barrage

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A bam

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Endommager

Dégâts, dommages

Dangereux, nuisible à

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To damage

Damage

Damaging to (ex: company’s image)

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Intimider, démonter, décourager

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To daunt

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Désertification

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Desertification

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Détruire

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To destroy

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Revenu disponible

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Disponable income

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Faire un don

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To donate

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Gaspiller, gâcher

Gaspilleur, excessif

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To waste

Wasteful

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Déchets nucléaires

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Nuclear waste

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Recycler

Recyclage

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To recycle

Recycling

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Faiblir, s’affaiblir

Point faible, sensible

Faiblesse

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To weaken (to strengthen)

Weak point

Weakness

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Jeter

Une décharge

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To dump

A dump

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Efficace

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Efficient

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Efficacité énergétique

Politique énergétique

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Energy efficiency

Energy policy

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Des installations

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Facilities

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Exportateur

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Exporter

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Commerce équitable

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Fair trade

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Agriculteur

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Farmer

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Inondation

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Flood

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Rachat

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Takeover

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Combustible fossile

Carburant

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Fossil fuel

Fuel

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Fertilisant

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Fertilizer

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Génétiquement manipulé

Génétiquement modifié

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Genetically engineered

Genetically modified

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Commerce mondial

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Global trade

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Réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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Effet de serre

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Greenhouse effect

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Accorder

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To Grant

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La croissance

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Growth (sans “the”)

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Endommager

Dangereux

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To harm

Harmful

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Risque, danger

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Hazard

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Vague de chaleur

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Heat wave

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Souligner ,mettre l’accent sur

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To highlight

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Appareil ménager

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Household appliance

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Un manque de

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A lack of

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La famine

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The Hunger bout

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Ouragan

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Hurricane

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Niveau de vie

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Living standard

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Investissement

Investir

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Investment

To invest

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Exploitation du bois

Bûcheron

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Logging

Logger

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Obligatoire

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Mandatory

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Fabricant

Matériau

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Manufacturer

Material

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Gaz naturel

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Natural gas

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Compenser

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To offset

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Surpopulation

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Overpopulation

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Couche d’ozone

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Ozone layer

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Emballage

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Packaging

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Usine

A

A factory / a plant

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Imprimer

A

To print out

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Radioactivité

A

Radioactivity

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Forêt tropicale

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Rainforest

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Poubelle de recyclage

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Recycling bin

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Renouvelable

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Renewable

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Réorganiser

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To revamp

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Economiser

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To save / to spare

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Niveau de la mer

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Sea level

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Pénurie

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Shortage

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Sol

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Soil

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Panneau solaire

Energie solaire

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Solar panel

Solar power

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Trier

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To sort

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Aérosol

Arroser

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Spray

Sprinkle

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Durabilité

Développement durable

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Sustainability

Sustainable development

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Passer à

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To switch to

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S’attaquer à

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To tackle

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Objectif

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Target

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Papier toilette

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Toilet risque

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Non durable

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Unsustainable

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Gaz d’échappement

A

Vehicle emissions

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Prévenir

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To warn

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Réserves d’eau

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Water supplies

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Peser

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Weigh

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Éolienne

Energie éolienne

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Wind farm

Wind power

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Villes tentaculaires

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Urban sprawl

EDHEC AST1 (5 decks)

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