英語・英会話の情報センター
現代世界の英語−環境 (4)
騒音公害
noise pollution
日照権
right to sunshine
地球温暖化
global warming
global warming : a gradual increase in world temperatures caused by polluting gases such as carbon dioxide which are collecting in the air around the Earth and preventing heat escaping into space - CALD
地球温暖化防止条約（＝国連気候変動枠組条約）
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC
convention: a formal agreement between country leaders, politicians and states on a matter which involves them all - CALD
温室効果
greenhouse effect
greenhouse effect: an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere which is believed to be the cause of a gradual warming of the surface of the Earth - CALD
温室効果ガス
greenhouse gases
greenhouse gas: a gas, especially carbon dioxide or methane, that is thought to trap heat above the Earth and cause the greenhouse effect - LDCE
地球温暖化防止京都会議（＝気候変動枠組条約第3回締約国会議）
the Third Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP3
party: one of the people or groups who are involved in a legal argument or agreement - LDCE
京都議定書
the Kyoto Protocol
protocol: an international agreement between two or more countries - LDCE
二酸化炭素排出量
carbon-dioxide emissions
排出権取引
Emissions Trading, ET
trading: the activity of buying and selling goods or services - LDCE
