Climate change
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Vocabulário
- carbonecarbon
- émissionsemissions
- renouvelablerenewable
- durablesustainable
- crisecrisis
- réchauffementwarming
- empreintefootprint
- biodiversitébiodiversity
- transitiontransition
- engagerto commit/engage
The conditionnel passé is essential when discussing what could have been done about climate change — expressing regret and past hypotheticals.
Formation: auxiliary (aurais/serais) + past participle
- Si on avait agi plus tôt, on aurait évité cette crise. (If we had acted sooner, we would have avoided this crisis.)
- Si les gouvernements avaient investi dans le renouvelable, les émissions auraient diminué. (If governments had invested in renewables, emissions would have decreased.)
Expressing regret:
- On aurait dû réduire les émissions il y a vingt ans. (We should have reduced emissions twenty years ago.)
- Il aurait fallu agir plus vite. (It would have been necessary to act faster.)
Discussing current consequences of past inaction:
- Si nous n'avions pas ignoré les scientifiques, nous ne serions pas dans cette situation. (If we hadn't ignored the scientists, we wouldn't be in this situation.)
Key environmental vocabulary patterns:
- l'empreinte carbone (carbon footprint)
- la transition énergétique (energy transition)
- le développement durable (sustainable development)
Expressões
- Si on avait agi plus tôtIf we had acted sooner
- On aurait dû + infinitifWe should have (done something)
- Il aurait fallu que + subj.It would have been necessary to
- Réduire son empreinte carboneTo reduce your carbon footprint
- La transition énergétiqueThe energy transition
- S'engager pour le climatTo commit to climate action
Erros frequentes
Si on aurait agi plus tôtSi on avait agi plus tôtAfter si, use plus-que-parfait, never conditionnel passé.
On aurait dû de réduireOn aurait dû réduireDevoir is followed directly by the infinitive without de.
Les émissions a diminuéLes émissions ont diminuéÉmissions is plural, requiring ont not a.
Le réchauffement globaleLe réchauffement globalGlobal does not add -e with masculine nouns; globale is feminine.
Si nous n'avions pas ignoré, nous ne sommes pasSi nous n'avions pas ignoré, nous ne serions pasThe result clause requires the conditionnel, not the present.
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