A IMPRIMER ET A APPORTER DEMAIN EN COURS DE SOUTIEN

Richard Black, BBC environment correspondent

December 7^th 2009

Act now on climate, summit urged (préconiser)

Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen has described the UN climate summit in Copenhagen as an "opportunity the world cannot afford to miss (ne peut se permettre de manquer)".

Opening the two-week conference in the Danish capital, he told delegates from 192 countries a "strong and ambitious climate change agreement (accord)" was needed.

About 100 leaders are to attend (participer) the meeting, which aims (a pour but) to strike (radier) a deal on major cuts (baisse) in greenhouse gas emissions.

The UN says an unprecedented number of countries have promised emissions cuts.

Despite some seductive mood music (musique d'ambiance) this morning, sombre notes were also sounded in the opening bars of this two-week conference.

The first formal sign of a discord between various parties surfaced in the opening session. The head of the Grenadan delegation said the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS) would "consider their options" if a legally-binding deal (accord contraignant) did not materialise here.

It appears that this bloc of 43 countries may simply not sign a deal that they believe votes their nations out of existence.

Some people here raise the point that small countries can be easily "bought off" (racheter/acheter) by aid money (subvention) or trade, or bullied (intimidé) into conformity, by their larger brethren (frères).

BBC environment correspondent Richard Black says signs of disagreement are already apparent.

Meanwhile, the African Union representative has threatened to walk out of the talks (quitter les débats) unless industrialised countries help poor ones pay for the transition to cleaner economies.

The main areas for discussion at Copenhagen include:

• Targets to curb greenhouse gas emissions, in particular by developed countries

• Financial support for mitigation (assouplissement) of and adaptation to climate change by developing countries

• A carbon trading scheme aimed at ending the destruction of the world's forests by 2030.

Any agreement made at Copenhagen is intended to supplant the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change, which expires in 2012.

ATTENTION aux adjectifs de pays

• ils prennent toujours une majuscule

• certains changent selon s'il s'agit de l'habitant du pays ou s'il s'agit de l'adjectif qualificatif

dans le texte

Danish Prime Minister : Premier ministre danois

mais

the Prime Minister is a Dane : le premier ministre est danois

Relire le document ci-dessous sur l'Union européenne :

Date Country Inhabitants Adjective

1957      France French French

               Italy Italian Italian

               Germany German German

               Belgium Belgian Belgian

               The Netherlands Dutch Dutch

                Luxembourg from Luxembourg from Luxembourg

1973       Great Britain The United Kingdom British British

                Denmark Dane Danish

                Republic of Ireland Irish Irish

1981       Greece Greek Greek

1986       Spain Spaniard Spanish

                Portugal Portuguese Portuguese

1995       Sweden Swede Swedish

                Austria Austrian Austrian

                Finland Finn Finnish

2004       Estonia Estonian Estonian

                Latvia Latvian Latvian

                Lithuania Lithuanian Lithuanian

                Poland Pole Polish

               The Czech Republic Czech Czech

                Slovakia (01/2009) Slovak Slovak

                Slovenia Slovenian Slovenian

                Hungary Hungarian Hungarian

                Malta Maltese Maltese

                Cyprus Cypriot Cypriot

2007       Romania Romanian Romanian

                Bulgaria Bugarian Bulgarian

Les pays en gras sont dans la zone Euro.

La Slovaquie entrera dans la Zone Euro en janvier 2009.

Sujet du sommet de Copenhague

Symbole de l’engagement des pays industrialisés à réduire des émissions de gaz à effet de serre le protocole de Kyoto, entré en vigueur en 2005, arrivera à expiration fin 2012. Le sommet de Copenhague a pour but de prévoir une suite à ce protocole dans la lutte contre les bouleversements climatiques en cours. Il doit déboucher sur un accord international valable de 2013 à 2017.
- Des objectifs de réduction d'émission de gaz à effet de serre dans les pays riches.
- Des mesures pour limiter les pollutions des pays émergents (Inde, Chine, Brésil, Mexique…).
- Des aides financières et techniques pour les plus pauvres.

Le but : éviter les conséquences dramatiques que pourrait avoir le réchauffement climatique sur nos vies.

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