climate change

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augmenter

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drive up

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les défenseurs du climat

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climate advocates

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un climatologue

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a climate scientist

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le réchauffement de l’atmosphère/ de la planète

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global warming

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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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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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la combustion d’énergies fossiles

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the burning of fossil fuels

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le dioxyde de carbone

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carbon dioxide

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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 de gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gas emissions

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les émissions de CO2

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carbon emissions

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réduire les émissions de carbone

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to cut, curb carbon emissions

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réduire son empreinte carbone

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to reduce one’s carbone imprint

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le niveau de la mer

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the sea level

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inonder

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to flood

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au-dessus/en-dessous

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above / below

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extinction rebellion

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• an organization founded in the Uk in 2018
• advocating civil disobedience, protests, blockading bridges
• urging world leaders to take radical action

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des dégâts

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damage

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un glacier

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a glacier

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An Inconvenient Truth

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• title of a film by Al Gore
• raise awareness of global warming

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An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

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deals with Gore's efforts since 2006 to persuade governments worldwide to invest in renewable energy

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la calotte glaciaire, polaire

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the polar icecap

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la banquise

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icefield ice floe

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fondre dégeler

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to thaw to melt

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dégel

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thaw

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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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imposer un plafond à plafonner

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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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instaurer une taxe carbone

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to introduce a carbone tax

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un climatosceptique

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a climate change denier a climate sceptic

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The Green New Deal

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- a policy initiative sponsored by AOC in early 2019 - a set of economic and social policies aimed at fighting economic inequality as well as making the US carbon neutral in 10 years

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compenser

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to offset

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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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tirer la sonnette d'alarme

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to sound the alarm

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donner l'alerte

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to give the alert

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un avertissement

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a wake-up call

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faire des promesses sans prendre de mesures concrètes

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to pay lip-service to a cause

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joindre le geste à la parole

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to put your money where your mouth is

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les gestes sont plus éloquents que les mots

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Actions speak louder than words