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Record 1 2025-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Ecosystems
  • Climate Change
CONT

Protecting the background sink, avoiding additional emissions, and increasing removals are all key parts of a climate change mitigation portfolio.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Écosystèmes
  • Changements climatiques
CONT

Dans le cadre de l'Accord de Paris, la Finlande vise la neutralité carbone d'ici 2035 et l'Islande d'ici 2040 (définie, comme en France, en soustrayant les émissions absorbées par les puits de carbone des émissions domestiques), la Suède d'ici 2045 (sans retrancher les puits de carbone historiques, car le pays est déjà neutre quasiment grâce à ses forêts) et la Norvège d'ici 2030 (en incluant les puits et les mécanismes de flexibilité internationaux).

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