le changement climatique
The global climate change crisis is real and it’s not going away anytime soon. On this page we’ve provided a complete list of French climate change and global warming vocabulary. We’ve broken the list down in to the following categories: weather and energy, science, geography and land as well as useful verbs.
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Table of Contents
Weather and energy
- climate le climat
- climatologist un/une climatologue, climatologiste
- drought une sécheresse
- precipitation le précipitations (f)
- solar energy l’énergie solaire
- weather le temps, la météo
- global climate le climat global de la Terre
- regional climates les climats régionaux
- tornados les tornades (f)
- hurricanes les ouragan (m)
- storms les tempêtes (f)
- natural disasters les catastrophes naturelles (f)
- renewable energy les énergies renouvelables (f)
- nuclear energy l’énergie nucléaire (f)
- wind power, wind energy l’énergie éolienne (f)
- solar energy l’énergie solaire (f)
- hydroelectric power l’énergie hydraulique
Science
- climate change le changement climatique, le dérèglement climatique
- global warming le réchauffement climatique
- atmosphere l’atmosphère (f)
- barometric pressure la pression atmosphérique
- concentration la concentration
- ecosystem un écosystème
- environment l’environment (m)
- fossil fuel un combustible fossile
- greenhouse gas le gaz à effet de serre
- greenhouse gas emissions les émissions de gaz à effet de serre
- greenhouse effect l’effet de serre (m)
- methane concentration la concentration de méthane
- carbon dioxide (CO2) le dioxyde de carbone
- average temperature la température moyenne
Geography and land
- deforestation le déboisement, déforestation
- glacier un glacier
- planet la planète
- oceans les océans (m)
- sub-tropical countries les pays subtropicaux
- polar regions les régions polaires
- sea ice, pack ice la banquise
History, time periods, people
- industrial revolution la révolution industrielle
- human activity les activités humaines (f)
- the increase in average temperature l’augmentation de la température moyenne (f)
- phenomenon un phénomène
- recording un enregistrement
- time period une période
- melting of glaciers la fonte des glaciers
- animal species les espèces animales
- ice age, glacial period une période glaciaire
- gas emissions les rejets de gaz
- cars les voitures (f)
- factories les usines (f)
- consequences of climate change les conséquences du réchauffement climatique
- raising of livestock l’élevage (m)
- increase of heat l’augmentation de chaleur (f)
- increase in sea levels l’augmentation du niveau de la mer
- carbon tax une taxe carbone
Verbs related to climate change
- to warm up se réchauffer
- to increase augmenter
- to disappear disparaître
- to burn fossil fules brûler les énergies fossiles
- to destroy forests détruire les forêts
- to release carbon relâcher le carbone
- to emit CO2 émettre le CO2
- to fight against climate change lutter contre le réchauffement climatique
- to remedy the problem remédier le problème
Related lessons:
More resources:
- Climate change glossary – lenntech.fr (French site)
- Climate change glossary – ledevoir.fr (French site)
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