Global warming/Climate change

Reseau Action Climat France

For anyone making a special study of climate change, this is a really excellent site. It has short, relatively easy-to-understand and clearly explained documents on a whole host of topics.

http://www.rac-f.org/

Climate change – an introduction

Here you can find a simple introduction to climate change and global warming. At the bottom of the page there's a list of 10 things that everyone can do to help fight global warming.

http://www.jedessine.com/c_16133/lecture/reportages-pour-enfant/les-sciences

Greenhouse effect and climate change

This is an excellent place to start for an introduction to the greenhouse effect and climate change, their interaction with politics and economics and why we have to do something about the problem quickly. Click on any of the headings to start.

http://www.rac-f.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=377

Climate change and politics

On this page you can select to find out about climate change and how it relates to international politics, European politics, French politics, or local politics (select from the grey links on the left under the heading Politiques et mesures). Each section has a series of questions. Clicking on any of the questions takes you to a page with answers and links to websites with more information on the topic. Well worth a visit.

http://www.rac-f.org/-Politiques-europeennes-.html#

Canada pulls out of the Kyoto protocol

This short article from December 2011 reports on the fact that during the Durban Climate Conference Canada announced that it is withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol (treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions).

http://letelegramme.com/ig/generales/france-monde/mo

Proposed legislation for carbon tax

Short TV report from July 2009 about proposed legislation for a carbon tax on fossil fuels. Opposition to the idea is briefly discussed.

http://www.france24.com/fr/20090724-france-taxe-carbone-resistance-

Climate change

Here you can find accessible information on climate change. Click on any of the 4 links at the start to get to the section you're interested in.

http://www.fondation-nature-homme.org/actions/climat-/-energie-0

Global warming

Site intended for children. The language is sometimes a little difficult, but the concepts are well explained and illustrated. Also touches on the world political camps as regards air pollution.

http://terre.haplosciences.com/magnov.html

Global warming

Very short, illustrated document designed for primary school children on global warming. Good as an introduction to the subject and as a source of the key vocabulary.

http://www.professeurphifix.net/eveil/ecologie_desertification.pdf

Climate change

This is a really excellent site with very accessible and concisely expressed information on all aspects of climate change by experts in the field. Click on any of the numbers 1 - 12 at the bottom of the screen to see an issue/question. Click on the number of the issue that you're interested in. You can then choose to hear/read opinions about it expressed by a number of experts (choose from the drop-down menu). Click on Ecouter la réponse de l'expert to see a photo of the expert, and a transcript of what they said. To hear the audio clips you need RealPlayer.

http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/ala_cite/expo/tempo/planete

Impact of climate change in France

This text consists of three summaries from different sources of the impact that climate change could have on France. The first part of this text considers the impact that it could have on the mountainous areas of France, on tourism and on health. The second part looks at the possible effects on flora and fauna, agriculture, public health and tourism. The third part considers the impact on sea levels, snowfall, surface and underground water levels, etc.

http://www.rac-f.org/article.php3?id_article=155

Climate change – an EU perspective

This part of the European Commission's site is dedicated to young people and the environment. There are 5 sections - normal greenhouse effect, abnormal greenhouse effect, the effects of global warming, possible solutions to the problems, and finally an animated explanation of the greenhouse effect. Click on any of the first 4 sections for more information and statistics.

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/youth/air/air_climate_fr.html

Greenhouse effect and climate change

An excellent series of questions and answers relating to the greenhouse effect and climate change. Cick on any of the questions to get to short answers. For extra information click on Plus.

http://www.greenfacts.org/fr/dossiers/changement-climatique.htm

Greenhouse gases and the individual

This text gives statistics about the amount of CO2 that individuals are responsible for in France and briefly discusses what the French think of global warming and how concerned they are about it.

http://www2.ademe.fr/servlet/KBaseShow?sort=-1&cid=13419&m

Greenhouse effect

For a simple explanation designed for children (and very good for non-scientists) of the greenhouse effect, click on Energie et effet de serre (in the last row). Click on the arrow at the bottom of the page (Suite) each time to get to the next explanation.

http://www.cea.fr/jeunes/themes/l_energie

France's policies to reduce greenhouse gases in the 21st Century

Brief summary of France's policies on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the years to come. It includes links to other pages with more information, such as on the Plan Climat.

http://www.rac-f.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=127

Kyoto agreement and climate change

Text about the Kyoto protocol. It explains what it is, and what proportion of countries have signed up. There is a brief discussion of why the USA pulled out of it. At the end of the document there is a short discussion of the reasons for and implications of climate change.

http://www.notre-planete.info/actualites/actu_528.php

European summit on energy 2007

This article resumes what decisions were made and what targets were set at the European summit on energy with reference to the battle against climate change. If you don't have the time to plough through the whole article, look at the section entitle Enjeux, in which you'll find firstly the areas in which agreement was reached on target setting, and secondly the two areas in which not much progress was made.

http://www.euractiv.fr/energie/article/sommet-europeen-sur-lenergie

G8 and Les Amis de la Terre

Criticism of what Les Amis de la Terre see as Jacques Chirac's rather insipid response towards climate change in advance of the G8 summit in 2005.

http://www.rac-f.org/article.php3?id_article=705