Climate Change Voc Flashcards by Oceane Loubere

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Le réchauffement de l’atmosphère

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Global warming

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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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Dioxyde de carbone

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Carbon dioxide

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Les émissions de dioxyde de carbone

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Carbon emissions

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Le niveau de la mer

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The sea level

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En dessous du niveau de la mer

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Below sea level

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Une canicule, une vague de chaleur

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A heat wave

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Provoquer, causer des dégâts

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To cause damage

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Un glacier

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A glacier

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La calotte glacière

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The polar icecap

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La banquise

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Icefield, ice floe

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Un ours polaire, un ours polaire

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A polar bear

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Fondre, dégeler

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To thaw

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Fondre

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To melt

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Inonder

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To flood

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L’eau douce

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Freshwater

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La nappe phréatique

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Groundwater

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Réduire les émissions de carbone

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To cut carbon emissions

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Objectif de réduction d’émission de carbone

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Carbon-cutting target

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Une augmentation des températures

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A rise in temperatures

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Une taxe verte

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A green tax

Des ampoules basse consommation

Low-energy light bulbs

Éteindre les appareils électriques

To switch off electrical appliances

Isoler une pièce

To insulate a room

L'isolation ( thermique )

Insulation

Un système de vélos en libre-service

A bicycle-sharing system

Aller au travail en bicyclette

To cycle to work

Un climatologue

A climate scientist, a climatologist

Le protocole de Kyoto

The Kyoto Protocol (1997)

Une taxe carbone

A carbon tax

Le commerce des droits d'émission du carbone

Carbon trading

Un système de plafonnement et d'échange

A cap and trade system