Climate change

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s’attaquer à

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to address/to deal with/to tackle

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gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gas emissions

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échouer à

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failing to

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mettre en péril

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put at risk

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contenir/limiter

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to curb/to curtail

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normes draconiennes

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tough standards

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atteindre ses objectifs

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meet (one’s) targets

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appeler à/réclamer

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to call for

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faire baisser les émissions

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to get emissions down

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un plafond d’émissions

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emissions caps

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tarifs de fourniture d’énergie au réseau pour les producteurs d’énergie verte

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feed-in tariffs to help green-power producers

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imposé par l’état

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state-enforced

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subventions

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subsidies

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services publics (ou privés) de fourniture d’eau

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utilities

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réseaux électriques

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power grids

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réseaux intelligents

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‘smart’ grids

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centrale nucléaire

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nuclear power station/nuclear-power plants

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centrale au charbon propre

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‘clean’ power stations

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fonctionnent au gaz

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gas-fired

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energie fossile

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fossil fuels

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centrales au charbon qui capturent le carbone

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carbon-capturing coal plants

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éolienne

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wind turbines

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parc/champ d’éoliennes

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wind farms

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l’efficacité énergétique

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energy efficient

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des appareils électroménagers

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energy-efficient appliances

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isolation (thermique)

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insulation

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évaluer le parc immobilier

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to audit the housing stock

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factures

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bills

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politiques intérieures mises en place et appliquées

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domestic policies put in place and implement

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un manque d'électricité

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shortage of electricity

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des coupures de courant

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power cuts/blackouts/power outages

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compter sur l'énergie importée

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rely on imported energy

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importer du gaz de l'étranger

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to import gas from overseas

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se mettre en conformité sans handicaper la compétitivité ou provoquer de nouvelles délocalisations

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to come into compliance without hindering global competitiveness or driving more jobs overseas

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normes environnementales

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environmental standards

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une taxe aux frontières

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a border tax

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incitations

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incentives

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prendre des engagements

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to make commitments

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spectaculaire

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dramatic

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se contenter de

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to limit oneself to doing something

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capital

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crucial/pivotal

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prononcer un discours

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to deliver a speech

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les dirigeants

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leaders

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du jour au lendemain

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overnight

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continuer de faire qqch

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to go on/keep on doing something

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l'ampleur

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the magnitude/ the scope/the scale

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le changement climatique

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ø climate change

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s'engager dans

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to commit oneself to something

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approuver

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to approve OF

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centrale électrique au charbon

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coal-fired power plant

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un compteur

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a meter

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supposé (soi disant)

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so-called/would-be

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des déchets

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wasteø (indénombrable)

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10 fois plus (que)

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ten times as much/many (as)

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une bonne gestion

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a sound management

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évoluer

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to shift

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voire un inconvénient à

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to object to doing smth

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revenir à (cela revient à)

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to amount to doing smth

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se détourner

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to turn away from

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ravage, dégâts, chaos

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a havoc

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une inondation

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a flood (to be flooded)

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déborder

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to overflow

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un barrage

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a dam

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une digue

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a dyke

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une marée

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a tide

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une sécheresse

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a drought

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un retour sur investissement

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a high-yield investment

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sagement

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wisely

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accords contraignants

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binding agreements

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augmenter/faire monter d'un cran

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to ratchet up (targets every 5 years)

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les pays les plus touchés

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the hardest hit countries

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les objectifs auxquels se sont engagés les pays seront révisés tous les 5 ans à partir de 2020 dans le but de les améliorer

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the target that the countries have committed themselves to will be revised every 5 years started 2020 with a view to ratchet them up

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provoquer des émissions de carbone

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to cause carbon emissions

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atténuation/réduction

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mitigation

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atteindre ses objectifs

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to meet one's target/ to achieve a goal

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mondialement

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globally/ worldwide

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stocker

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to store

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manque d'eau

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shortage of water

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les ménages

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household

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constructeur

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manufacturer

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Il faut

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it is imperative

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respecter les normes

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to comply with standards

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représente 75% de sa production

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to account for 75% of its production

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compétitivité

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competitiveness

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handicapant

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hindering