changement climatique — meaning in English
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English meaning
- climate change noun The long-term shift in global temperatures and weather patterns driven mainly by human emissions of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, deforestation and agriculture, producing warming, sea-level rise and more frequent extreme weather.
Senses
changement climatique is used for these senses in English:
- climate change Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.
climate change — full definition
- noun The long-term shift in global temperatures and weather patterns driven mainly by human emissions of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, deforestation and agriculture, producing warming, sea-level rise and more frequent extreme weather.
- noun Any significant, lasting change in a region's or the planet's climate over time, including the natural shifts recorded across geological history.