Glossary on Climate Change and Public Health

• ableism (noun)

• capacitisme (masculine noun)

• ablism (noun)

• validisme (masculine noun)

Prejudice and discrimination against people with a disability.

• access to health care (noun phrase)

• accès aux soins de santé (masculine noun phrase)

• access to health services (noun phrase)

• accès aux services de santé (masculine noun phrase)

• access to nature (noun phrase)

• accès à la nature (masculine noun phrase)

• action research (noun)

• recherche-action (feminine noun)

• active transportation (noun)

• transport actif (masculine noun)

• active transport (noun)

• adaptation (noun)

• adaptation (feminine noun)

The process of adjusting to actual or expected climate change and its effects.

Adaptation aims to minimize the negative impacts of climate change and take advantage of its positive effects.

• adaptation measure
• proactive adaptation
• maladaptation
• mitigation

• adaptation mainstreaming (noun)

• intégration de l'adaptation (feminine noun)

• adaptation measure (noun)

• mesure d'adaptation (feminine noun)

• adaptation action (noun)

A measure implemented as part of the process of adjusting to actual or expected climate change and its effects.

These measures aim to minimize the negative impacts of climate change and take advantage of its positive effects.

• adaptation
• mitigation measure

• adaptive capacity (noun)

• capacité d'adaptation (feminine noun)

The ability of systems, institutions, humans and other organisms to respond to climate change by adjusting to negative impacts and taking advantage of the positive effects.

• adaptation

• adaptive management (noun)

• gestion adaptative (feminine noun)

• advisory table (noun)

• table de consultation (feminine noun)

• table consultative (feminine noun)

• advocacy (noun)

• plaidoyer (masculine noun)

The act of pleading in favour of a cause, opinion or policy.

Advocacy is a critical population health strategy to improve health equity. It combines individual, organizational and social actions to influence public policy and effect systemic change. Advocacy for health equity focuses on changing factors related to the social determinants of health.

• aeroallergen (noun)

• aéroallergène (masculine noun)

• airborne allergen (noun)

• allergène aérien (masculine noun)

• aerosol (noun)

• aérosol (masculine noun)

Airborne particles in solid or liquid form whose motion is determined mainly by particle size.

These particles are generally less than 100 micrometres (traditionally called droplets for those larger than 5 micrometres) and are potentially inhalable. They can be classified according to the anatomical site they reached in the respiratory tract.

• particulate matter
• fine particulate matter
• coarse particulate matter

• ageism (noun)

• âgisme (masculine noun)

Prejudice and discrimination based on age or on stereotypes related to age.

Ageism can affect people of all ages, whether they are a child, a young adult or a mature adult.

• agricultural productivity (noun)

• productivité agricole (feminine noun)

• agriculture sector (noun)

• secteur agricole (masculine noun)

• agricultural sector (noun)

• secteur de l'agriculture (masculine noun)

• agri-food sector (noun)

• secteur agroalimentaire (masculine noun)

• agrifood sector (noun)

• air pollution (noun)

• pollution de l'air (feminine noun)

• atmospheric pollution (noun)

• pollution atmosphérique (feminine noun)
• pollution de l'atmosphère (feminine noun)

• air quality (noun)

• qualité de l'air (feminine noun)

• ambient air quality
• indoor air quality
• outdoor air quality

• air quality health index (noun)
• AQHI (noun)

• cote air santé (feminine noun)
• CAS (feminine noun)

• albedo (noun)

• albédo (masculine noun)

The fraction of solar radiation reflected by a surface or object, often expressed as a percentage.

Snow-covered surfaces have a high albedo, soils have a high to low albedo, and vegetation-covered surfaces and oceans have a low albedo.

• algae bloom (noun)

• prolifération d'algues (feminine noun)

• algal bloom (noun)

• efflorescence d'algues (feminine noun)
• prolifération algale (feminine noun)
• efflorescence algale (feminine noun)

• ambient air pollution (noun)

• pollution de l'air ambiant (feminine noun)

• Anthropocene (noun)

• anthropocène (masculine noun)

The current geological epoch that began in the mid-20th century, during which human activity is the dominant influence on the environment and the Earth's climate.

• anthropocentric view (noun)

• vision anthropocentrique (feminine noun)

• anthropogenic (adjective)

• anthropique (adjective)

• human-induced (adjective phrase)

• d'origine humaine (adjective phrase)

• anthropogenic emissions
• anthropogenic removals

• anthropogenic heat emission (noun)

• émission de chaleur anthropique (feminine noun)

• human-induced heat emission (noun)

• émission de chaleur d'origine humaine (feminine noun)

• average weather conditions (plural noun)

• conditions météorologiques moyennes (plural feminine noun)

• mean weather conditions (plural noun)

• awareness campaign (noun)

• campagne de sensibilisation (feminine noun)

• behavioural science (noun)

• science du comportement (feminine noun)

• biodiversity (noun)

• biodiversité (feminine noun)

• biological diversity (noun)

• diversité biologique (feminine noun)

The variability among living organisms in terrestrial, marine and other ecosystems.

Biodiversity includes variability at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels.

• biodiversity conservation (noun)

• conservation de la biodiversité (feminine noun)

• black carbon (noun)
• BC (noun)

• carbone noir (masculine noun)
• CN (masculine noun)

• carbone suie (masculine noun)

• blue space (noun)

• espace bleu (masculine noun)

Blue spaces refer to exterior urban surfaces that are primarily dominated by water, such as lakes, rivers, ponds and fountains.

• building retrofit (noun)

• modernisation des bâtiments (feminine noun)

• building retrofitting (noun)

• burden of disease (noun)

• fardeau de la maladie (masculine noun)

• disease burden (noun)

• charge de morbidité (feminine noun)

• carbon dioxide capture and storage (noun)
• CCS (noun)

• captage et stockage de dioxyde de carbone (masculine noun)
• CSC (masculine noun)

• CO₂ capture and storage (noun)
• carbon capture and storage (noun)

• captage et stockage de CO₂ (masculine noun)
• captage et stockage de carbone (masculine noun)
• capture et stockage de dioxyde de carbone (noun)
• capture et stockage de CO₂ (noun)
• capture et stockage de carbone (noun)

The process of isolating and collecting carbon dioxide from industrial and energy-related sources and transporting it to a storage location to prevent its release in the atmosphere.

The term "carbon capture and storage" is an elliptical term in which "carbon" refers to carbon dioxide.

• carbon dioxide sink (noun)

• puits de dioxyde de carbone (masculine noun)

• CO₂ sink (noun)
• carbon sink (noun)

• puits de CO₂ (masculine noun)
• puits de carbone (masculine noun)

Any process, activity or mechanism that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The term "carbon sink" is an elliptical term in which "carbon" refers to carbon dioxide.

• carbon emission (noun)

• émission de carbone (feminine noun)

• carbon emission reduction

• carbon footprint (noun)

• empreinte carbone (feminine noun)

• empreinte de carbone (feminine noun)

• carbon pool (noun)

• bassin de carbone (masculine noun)

Oceans, soils, forests and the atmosphere are examples of carbon pools. These components of the climate system have the capacity to store, accumulate or release carbon.

Not to be confused with "carbon reservoir," which does not include the atmosphere.

• carbon reservoir

• carbon reservoir (noun)

• réservoir de carbone (masculine noun)

Oceans, soils and forests are examples of carbon reservoirs. These components of the climate system have the capacity to store, accumulate or release carbon. The atmosphere is not a carbon reservoir.

Not to be confused with "carbon pool," which includes the atmosphere.

• carbon pool

• carbon sequestration (noun)

• séquestration de carbone (feminine noun)

• piégeage de carbone (masculine noun)

The process of removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in a carbon reservoir.

• carbon storage

• carbon storage (noun)

• stockage de carbone (masculine noun)

The stocking of carbon in a carbon reservoir over a long period of time.

• carbon sequestration

• catalyst for change (noun)

• catalyseur de changement (masculine noun)

• circular economy (noun)

• économie circulaire (feminine noun)

• citizen science (noun)
• CS (noun)

• science citoyenne (feminine noun)

• science participative (feminine noun)

• clean air shelter (noun)

• abri antifumée (masculine noun)

• cleaner air shelter (noun)

• abri anti-fumée (masculine noun)

An indoor area where air quality is improved using an air filtration system that reduces the concentration of contaminants from forest fire smoke.

• community clean air shelter
• home clean air shelter

• clean technology (noun)

• technologie propre (feminine noun)

• green technology (noun)
• ecotechnology (noun)

• technologie verte (feminine noun)
• écotechnologie (feminine noun)

• climate action [1] (noun)

• action de lutte contre les changements climatiques (feminine noun)

• action climatique (feminine noun)

An action or initiative intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or improve climate change adaptation.

The term "climate action" is an elliptical term in which "climate" refers to climate change.

• climate anxiety (noun)

• anxiété climatique (feminine noun)

Anxiety associated with anthropogenic climate change.

Climate anxiety is a type of eco-anxiety.

The term "climate anxiety" is an elliptical term in which "climate" refers to climate change.

• eco-anxiety
• psychoterratic syndrome

• climate change (noun)

• changements climatiques (plural masculine noun)

The long-term shift in the state of the climate as measured by changes in the mean state or the variability of its properties, or both.

In addition to being caused by natural climate variability, climate change also results from human activity.

• anthropogenic climate change
• naturally occurring climate change

• global warming

• climate change adaptation strategy (noun)

• stratégie d'adaptation aux changements climatiques (feminine noun)

• climate change communication (noun)

• communication sur les changements climatiques (feminine noun)

• climate communication (noun)

• communication sur le climat (feminine noun)
• communication climatique (feminine noun)

The term "climate communication" is an elliptical term in which "climate" refers to climate change.

• climate change dialogue (noun)

• dialogue sur les changements climatiques (masculine noun)

• climate dialogue (noun)

• dialogue sur le climat (masculine noun)
• dialogue climatique (masculine noun)

The term "climate dialogue" is an elliptical term in which "climate" refers to climate change.

• climate change-related infectious disease (noun)

• maladie infectieuse liée aux changements climatiques (feminine noun)

• climate-related infectious disease (noun)

The term "climate-related infectious disease" is an elliptical term in which "climate" refers to climate change.

• climate change resilience (noun)

• résilience aux changements climatiques (feminine noun)

• climate change resiliency (noun)
• climate resilience (noun)
• climate resiliency (noun)

• résilience climatique (feminine noun)

The terms "climate resilience" and "climate resiliency" are elliptical terms in which "climate" refers to climate change.

• resilience

• climate change-resilient (adjective)

• résilient aux changements climatiques (adjective phrase)

• climate-resilient (adjective)

The term "climate-resilient" is an elliptical term in which "climate" refers to climate change.

• climate change-resilient health system
• climate change-resilient infrastructure

• resilience

• climate change vulnerability (noun)

• vulnérabilité aux changements climatiques (feminine noun)

• vulnerability to climate change (noun)
• climate vulnerability (noun)

• vulnérabilité climatique (feminine noun)
• vulnérabilité au climat (feminine noun)

The term "climate vulnerability" is an elliptical term in which "climate" refers to climate change.

• vulnerability

• climate crisis (noun)

• crise climatique (feminine noun)

A situation characterized by the threat of dangerous and irreversible changes to the global climate.

The climate crisis is a type of environmental crisis.

• environmental crisis
• climate emergency

• climate data (plural noun)

• données climatiques (plural feminine noun)

• climate emergency (noun)

• urgence climatique (feminine noun)

A situation in which urgent action is required to reduce or halt climate change and avoid the potentially irreversible environmental damage resulting from it.

• climate crisis

• climate equity (noun)

• équité climatique (feminine noun)

Climate equity involves recognizing and addressing the unequal burdens worsened by climate change while ensuring that all people share the benefits of climate protection efforts. Climate equity means that each person, regardless of their race, ethnic origin, religion, sex or gender, age, social class, socioeconomic status or any other social attribute, lives in a safe, healthy and fair setting.

• climate governance (noun)

• gouvernance climatique (feminine noun)

• gouvernance en matière de climat (feminine noun)

The measures, programs, policies or laws aimed at preventing, mitigating or adapting to climate change.

• climate grief (noun)

• deuil climatique (masculine noun)

The grief associated with the experienced or anticipated consequences of climate change.

Climate grief is a type of ecological grief.

• ecological grief
• psychoterratic syndrome

• climate-induced displacement (noun)

• déplacement climatique (masculine noun)

• climate displacement (noun)

The temporary or permanent forced relocation of a person or group of people to a new territory due to the consequences of climate change.

• forced displacement
• climate-induced migration
• forced migration

• climate-induced migration (noun)

• migration climatique (feminine noun)

• climate migration (noun)

The movement of a person or group of people who have to leave their usual place of residence, generally for an extended period of time, due to the consequences of climate change.

• climate-induced displacement
• forced displacement
• forced migration

• climate justice (noun)

• justice climatique (feminine noun)

Justice that combines development and human rights to address climate change from a human perspective that safeguards the rights of the most vulnerable people and distributes the burdens, benefits and impacts of climate evolution fairly and impartially.

• environmental justice

• climate literacy (noun)

• littératie climatique (feminine noun)

• climate penalty (noun)

• pénalité climatique (feminine noun)

• climate projection (noun)

• projection climatique (feminine noun)

• projection du climat (feminine noun)

• climate projection scenario

• climate risk management (noun)

• gestion des risques climatiques (feminine noun)

• climate system (noun)

• système climatique (masculine noun)

A system consisting of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere and biosphere and their interactions.

• climate threat (noun)

• menace climatique (feminine noun)

• climate transition (noun)

• transition climatique (feminine noun)

The transformation of a society so as to reduce or even eliminate its contribution to climate change and increase its resilience to it.

Climate transition can involve many aspects of society, including the economic, social and political spheres.

• climate variability (noun)

• variabilité climatique (feminine noun)

• variabilité du climat (feminine noun)

Natural or anthropogenic variations in the mean state of the climate and other statistics spanning on all space and time scales beyond those of individual weather events.

• coarse particulate matter (noun)
• PM_10-2.5 (noun)

• matière particulaire grossière (feminine noun)
• PM_10-2,5 (feminine noun)

• coarse particles (plural noun)

• grosses particules (plural feminine noun)
• particules grossières (plural feminine noun)

Particulate matter ranging from 2.5 to 10 micrometres in diameter.

• particulate matter
• fine particulate matter
• aerosol

• coastal erosion (noun)

• érosion côtière (feminine noun)

• coastal submergence (noun)

• submersion côtière (feminine noun)

• co-benefit (noun)

• cobénéfice (masculine noun)

• co-bénéfice (masculine noun)
• avantage connexe (masculine noun)
• bénéfice connexe (masculine noun)

The positive effect that a policy or measure for one objective might have on other objectives.

For example, climate mitigation efforts across energy, infrastructure, agriculture and transportation sectors can improve population health by way of cleaner air, improved housing standards, healthier diets and increased physical activity.

• co-construction (noun)

• coconstruction (feminine noun)

• co-construction (feminine noun)

A process in which people with different perspectives come to agree on a definition of reality or a way of doing things.

Co-construction is not limited to collaboration during the development of a project or an action. It may also come into play during the implementation phase.

• cold wave (noun)

• vague de froid (feminine noun)

• cold spell (noun)

• collaboration (noun)

• collaboration (feminine noun)

• intergovernmental collaboration
• interjurisdictional collaboration

• colonization (noun)

• colonisation (feminine noun)

• community [1] (noun)

• collectivité (feminine noun)

A group of people with common interests living in the same area.

• coastal community
• northern community
• remote community
• rural community

• community [2]

• community [2] (noun)

• communauté (feminine noun)

A group of people with common characteristics or interests.

• Indigenous community
• scientific community

• community [1]

• community-driven response (noun phrase)

• intervention adaptée à la collectivité (feminine noun phrase)

• community engagement (noun)

• engagement de la communauté (masculine noun)

• community commitment (noun)

• engagement communautaire (masculine noun)

• community leadership (noun)

• leadership de la communauté (masculine noun)

• leadership communautaire (masculine noun)

• community participation (noun)

• participation de la communauté (feminine noun)

• community involvement (noun)

• participation communautaire (feminine noun)

• competing priorities (plural noun)

• priorités concurrentes (plural feminine noun)

• concentration of pollutants (noun)

• concentration de polluants (feminine noun)

• pollutant concentration (noun)

• concentration of air pollutants
• concentration of indoor pollutants
• concentration of outdoor pollutants

• concerted action (noun)

• action concertée (feminine noun)

• connectivity (noun)

• connectivité (feminine noun)

The degree to which the environment facilitates or impedes movement among resources.

• green space connectivity
• habitat connectivity
• landscape connectivity

• contamination of water sources (noun)

• contamination des sources d'eau (feminine noun)

• water source contamination (noun)

• contamination of drinking water sources

• context-driven response (noun phrase)

• intervention adaptée au contexte (feminine noun phrase)

• continuum of measures (noun)

• continuum de mesures (masculine noun)

• continuum of public health measures

• cool island (noun)

• îlot de fraîcheur (masculine noun)

• cold island (noun)

• coordinated action (noun)

• action coordonnée (feminine noun)

• cryosphere (noun)

• cryosphère (feminine noun)

The cryosphere refers to all the components of the earth system composed of water in a solid state, in particular snow, sea ice, lake and river ice, icebergs, glaciers and ice caps, ice sheets, ice shelves, permafrost and seasonally frozen ground.

• data integration (noun)

• intégration des données (feminine noun)

• decarbonization (noun)

• décarbonation (feminine noun)

• décarbonisation (feminine noun)

• decision-making (noun)

• prise de décision (feminine noun)

• informed decision-making

• decision-making process (noun)

• processus décisionnel (masculine noun)

• decision process (noun)

• processus de prise de décision (masculine noun)
• processus de décision (masculine noun)

• decolonization (noun)

• décolonisation (feminine noun)

A process that consists of challenging and dismantling colonial ideas, values and practices embedded in society in order to honour Indigenous Peoples' ways of knowing, being and doing.

• deforestation (noun)

• déforestation (feminine noun)

• desertification (noun)

• désertification (feminine noun)

• determinant of health (noun)

• déterminant de la santé (masculine noun)

• health determinant (noun)

• ecological determinants of health
• environmental determinants of health
• social determinants of health
• structural determinants of health

• differential risk (noun)

• risque différentiel (masculine noun)

• disaster relief (noun)

• secours aux sinistrés en cas de catastrophe (masculine noun)

• aide aux sinistrés en cas de catastrophe (feminine noun)
• secours en cas de catastrophe (masculine noun)
• secours aux sinistrés (masculine noun)
• aide en cas de catastrophe (feminine noun)
• aide aux sinistrés (feminine noun)

• disaster resilience (noun)

• résilience aux catastrophes (feminine noun)

• disaster resiliency (noun)

• natural disaster resilience

• resilience

• disinformation (noun)

• désinformation (feminine noun)

The dissemination of deliberately false or misleading information with the intention of influencing the opinions of those who receive it.

• misinformation

• distribution range (noun)

• aire de répartition (feminine noun)

• range (noun)

• aire de distribution (feminine noun)

• dose-response (adjective)

• dose-réponse (adjective)

• drinking water infrastructure (noun)

• infrastructure d'eau potable (feminine noun)

• drought (noun)

• sécheresse (feminine noun)

• early death (noun)

• décès prématuré (masculine noun)

• premature death (noun)

• décès précoce (masculine noun)

• early warning system (noun)

• système d'alerte précoce (masculine noun)

• early alert system (noun)

• système d'alerte préventive (masculine noun)

A system designed to generate and disseminate timely and meaningful warning information so that people, communities and organizations threatened by a hazard can prepare to act promptly and appropriately to reduce the risk of damage or loss.

• eco-anxiety (noun)

• écoanxiété (feminine noun)

• environmental anxiety (noun)
• ecological anxiety (noun)

• anxiété écologique (feminine noun)
• anxiété environnementale (feminine noun)

Anxiety associated with the environmental crisis.

Eco-anxiety includes, but is not limited to, climate anxiety.

• climate anxiety
• psychoterratic syndrome

• ecohealth (noun)

• écosanté (feminine noun)

An approach to improving the health and well-being of people, animals, plants and ecosystems that recognizes the inextricable link between the health of all species and their environment.

The ecohealth approach focuses on biodiversity. It emphasizes that all living organisms have value and should be protected.

• ecological grief (noun)

• deuil écologique (masculine noun)

• eco-grief (noun)
• environmental grief (noun)

• écodeuil (masculine noun)
• deuil environnemental (masculine noun)

The grief associated with experienced or anticipated ecological losses due to acute or chronic environmental changes.

Ecological losses include the disappearance of species, ecosystems and meaningful landscapes.

Ecological grief includes, but is not limited to, climate grief.

• climate grief
• psychoterratic syndrome

• ecological harm (noun)

• préjudice écologique (masculine noun)

• environmental harm (noun)
• ecological damage (noun)
• environmental damage (noun)

• préjudice environnemental (masculine noun)
• dommage écologique (masculine noun)
• dommage environnemental (masculine noun)

• ecological niche (noun)

• niche écologique (feminine noun)

The position of a species within an ecosystem that is determined both by the range of conditions necessary to sustain the population and by the role of the species in the ecosystem.

• ecological restoration (noun)

• restauration écologique (feminine noun)

• eco-paralysis (noun)

• écoparalysie (feminine noun)

The inability to respond meaningfully to the ecological crisis due to intense emotional distress or an overload of conflicting options.

• psychoterratic syndrome

• eco-social approach (noun)

• approche écosociale (feminine noun)

• ecosystem degradation (noun)

• dégradation d'écosystèmes (feminine noun)

• ecosystem goods and services (plural noun)

• biens et services écosystémiques (plural masculine noun)

Ecosystem goods and services include the tangible goods (for example, fish, timber) and less tangible services (for example, clean air, productive soil) that arise from ecosystem structures and functions and that benefit people.

• ecosystem loss (noun)

• perte d'écosystèmes (feminine noun)

• disparition d'écosystèmes (feminine noun)

• eco-taxation (noun)

• écofiscalité (feminine noun)

• environmental taxation (noun)
• ecological taxation (noun)

• fiscalité environnementale (feminine noun)
• fiscalité écologique (feminine noun)

Eco-taxation refers to a set of economic measures designed to discourage environmentally harmful activities. It specifically aims to influence the behaviour of individuals and businesses, discourage activities that are damaging to the environment or encourage activities that are environmentally friendly, and stimulate innovation in this regard. Eco-taxation is based on the user-pays, polluter-pays and cost internalization principles.

• electrification of transportation (noun)

• électrification des transports (feminine noun)

• electrification of transport (noun)
• transport electrification (noun)
• transportation electrification (noun)

• emergency evacuation (noun)

• évacuation d'urgence (feminine noun)

• emergency preparedness (noun)

• préparation aux situations d'urgence (feminine noun)

• emergency preparedness and response (noun)

• préparation et interventions pour faire face aux urgences (feminine noun phrase)

• emergency response (noun)

• intervention d'urgence (feminine noun)

• emergency response plan
• emergency response planning

• empowerment (noun)

• autonomisation (feminine noun)

• community empowerment

• energy efficiency (noun)

• efficacité énergétique (feminine noun)

• energy frugality (noun)

• sobriété énergétique (feminine noun)

• energy sobriety (noun)
• energy restraint (noun)

A reduction in energy consumption, especially through lifestyle changes.

• energy transition (noun)

• transition énergétique (feminine noun)

The shift from an energy supply system based on non-renewable energies to a system complying with sustainable development principles, namely by making changes to the production, consumption and distribution of energy.

• environment (noun)

• environnement (masculine noun)

• built environment
• natural environment
• physical environment
• social environment

• environmental crisis (noun)

• crise environnementale (feminine noun)

• ecological crisis (noun)

• crise écologique (feminine noun)

A situation characterized by changes to the environment of a species or population that threaten its survival.

The environmental crisis includes, but is not limited to, the climate crisis.

• climate crisis

• environmental injustice (noun)

• injustice environnementale (feminine noun)

Environmental injustice refers to inequitable exposure to environmental risks, including to health risks, making some populations more vulnerable to climate change.

• environmental justice

• environmental justice (noun)

• justice environnementale (feminine noun)

The principle under which every person, regardless of their race, ethnic origin, religion, sex or gender, age, social class or socioeconomic status, is entitled to equitable protection under environmental laws and can participate in environmental decision-making processes in their community.

• environmental injustice
• climate justice

• environmental racism (noun)

• racisme environnemental (masculine noun)

Environmental racism refers to the disproportionate burden of environmental hazards placed on racialized individuals, groups and communities due to environmental policies, laws and decisions.

• environmental sustainability (noun)

• durabilité environnementale (feminine noun)

• equitable distribution (noun)

• répartition équitable (feminine noun)

• fair distribution (noun)

• equity lens (noun)

• perspective d'équité (feminine noun)

• optique d'équité (feminine noun)

• essential public health function (noun)
• EPHF (noun)

• fonction essentielle de santé publique (feminine noun)
• FESP (feminine noun)

• public health

• evidence (noun)

• données probantes (plural feminine noun)

• evidence-based (adjective)

• fondé sur les données probantes (adjective phrase)

• evidence-based approach

• evolution of the climate (noun phrase)

• évolution du climat (feminine noun phrase)

• climate evolution (noun)

• exposure pathway (noun)

• voie d'exposition (feminine noun)

• extreme climate event (noun)

• phénomène climatique extrême (masculine noun)

• extreme climate phenomenon (noun)

• événement climatique extrême (masculine noun)

An extreme climate event occurs over a longer time span than an extreme weather event. It can be the result of the accumulation of several weather events (extreme or non-extreme).

• extreme weather event

• extreme heat threshold value (noun)

• valeur-seuil de chaleur extrême (feminine noun)

• extreme heat wave (noun)

• vague de chaleur extrême (feminine noun)

• vague de chaleur accablante (feminine noun)

A period of excessive heat lasting at least two days that is associated with a high risk of excess mortality and with other possible health impacts.

• extreme weather event (noun)

• phénomène météorologique extrême (masculine noun)

• extreme weather phenomenon (noun)

• événement météorologique extrême (masculine noun)

An extreme weather event is typically associated with changing weather patterns lasting less than a day to a few weeks.

• extreme climate event

• fair transition (noun)

• transition équitable (feminine noun)

• equitable transition (noun)

• fight against climate change (noun phrase)

• lutte contre les changements climatiques (feminine noun)

• climate change action (noun)
• climate action [2] (noun)

When the term "climate action" is used to refer to the overall fight against climate change and not to specific actions, it is always used in the singular.

• engagement in climate action

• fight climate change (verb phrase)

• lutter contre les changements climatiques (verb phrase)

• address climate change (verb phrase)

• financial incentive (noun)

• incitation financière (feminine noun)

• incitatif financier (masculine noun)

• fine particulate matter (noun)
• PM_2.5 (noun)

• matière particulaire fine (feminine noun)
• PM_2,5 (feminine noun)

• fine particles (plural noun)

• particules fines (plural feminine noun)

Particulate matter 2.5 micrometres or smaller in diameter.

• particulate matter
• coarse particulate matter
• aerosol

• First Nations knowledge (noun)

• savoir des Premières Nations (masculine noun)

• Indigenous knowledge

• flood (noun)

• inondation (feminine noun)

• flooding (noun)

• food insecurity (noun)

• insécurité alimentaire (feminine noun)

• food safety (noun)

• salubrité alimentaire (feminine noun)

• food security (noun)

• sécurité alimentaire (feminine noun)

• food supply (noun)

• approvisionnement alimentaire (masculine noun)

• food waste (noun)

• gaspillage alimentaire (masculine noun)

• forced displacement (noun)

• déplacement forcé (masculine noun)

• displacement (noun)

• déplacement (masculine noun)

The involuntary and coerced relocation of a person or group of people to a new territory due to armed conflict, natural disasters or famine, for example.

• climate-induced displacement
• climate-induced migration
• forced migration

• forced migration (noun)

• migration forcée (feminine noun)

The involuntary and coerced movement of a person or group of people who have to leave their usual place of residence, generally for an extended period of time, due to armed conflict, natural disasters or famine, for example.

• climate-induced migration
• forced displacement
• climate-induced displacement

• forest cover loss (noun)

• perte du couvert forestier (feminine noun)

• forest fire (noun)

• feu de forêt (masculine noun)

• incendie de forêt (masculine noun)

• fossil fuel (noun)

• combustible fossile (masculine noun)

• freeze-thaw cycle (noun)

• cycle gel-dégel (masculine noun)

• freeze-thaw pattern (noun)
• freezing-thawing cycle (noun, less frequent)

• cycle de gel-dégel (masculine noun)
• cycle de gel et de dégel (masculine noun)

A freeze-thaw cycle refers to an event of alternating temperatures above and below the freezing point. The number of times the temperature crosses the freezing point is the number of cycles for that period.

• freezing rain (noun)

• pluie verglaçante (feminine noun)

• gender-based analysis (noun)

• analyse différenciée selon le genre (feminine noun phrase)

• Gender-based Analysis Plus (noun, Canada)

• Analyse comparative entre les sexes Plus (feminine noun, Canada)

• GBA Plus (noun, Canada)

• ACS Plus (feminine noun, Canada)

An analytical approach used to assess the potential effects policies, programs and initiatives may have on diverse groups of people.

The word "Plus" in the term is used to show that the analysis goes beyond biological (sex) and sociocultural (gender) differences to consider other factors that intersect to determine individual identity. These factors may include ethnicity, religion, age and disability.

• gendered impact (noun)

• répercussion différenciée selon le genre (feminine noun phrase)

• gender impact (noun)

• impact différencié selon le genre (masculine noun phrase)
• répercussion selon le genre (feminine noun phrase)
• impact selon le genre (masculine noun phrase)

• glacial mass loss (noun)

• perte de masse des glaciers (feminine noun)

• glacier mass loss (noun)

• perte de masse glaciaire (feminine noun)

• glacial melt (noun)

• fonte des glaciers (feminine noun)

• glacier melt (noun)

• fonte glaciaire (feminine noun)

• glacial retreat (noun)

• recul des glaciers (masculine noun)

• glacier retreat (noun)

• recul glaciaire (masculine noun)
• retrait des glaciers (masculine noun)
• retrait glaciaire (masculine noun)

• global warming (noun)

• réchauffement climatique (masculine noun)

• climate warming (noun)

• réchauffement planétaire (masculine noun)

An increase in the average temperature at the Earth's surface due to the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Global warming is a type of climate change.

• climate change

• go green (verb phrase)

• prendre le virage écologique (verb phrase)

• governance structure (noun)

• structure de gouvernance (feminine noun)

• inclusive governance structure
• traditional governance structure

• greenhouse gas (noun)
• GHG (noun)

• gaz à effet de serre (masculine noun)
• GES (masculine noun)

A gaseous component of the atmosphere, of natural or anthropogenic origin, that absorbs and re-emits infrared radiation from the Earth's surface, and whose increasing concentration in the atmosphere contributes to global warming.

Water vapour (H₂O), carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrous oxide (N₂O), methane (CH₄) and ozone (O₃) are the primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

• greenhouse gas emission (noun)

• émission de gaz à effet de serre (feminine noun)

• GHG emission (noun)
• emission of greenhouse gases (noun)
• emission of GHGs (noun)

• émission de GES (feminine noun)

• greenhouse gas emission reduction

• greenhouse gas

• green infrastructure (noun)

• infrastructure verte (feminine noun)

• natural infrastructure (noun)

• infrastructure naturelle (feminine noun)

The interconnected natural and constructed ecological systems, green spaces and other landscape features.

Green infrastructure includes planted and native trees, wetlands, parks, open green spaces and original grasslands and woodlands, as well as streets and buildings with vegetation.

The way green infrastructure functions and the services it provides are similar to those of traditional infrastructure.

• grey infrastructure

• greening [1] (noun)

• écologisation (feminine noun)

• virage écologique (masculine noun)

The modification or adaptation of something in accordance with ecological principles.

• greening [2] (noun)

• verdissement (masculine noun)

• greening of neighbourhoods
• urban greening