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travaillant sur la division par quatre des émissions de gaz à effet de serre

English translation: which works on reducing by 75% (of by a factor of four) the emissions of greenhouse gases..


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French term or phrase:travaillant sur la division par quatre des émissions de gaz à effet de serre
English translation:which works on reducing by 75% (of by a factor of four) the emissions of greenhouse gases..
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13:33 Oct 5, 2009
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Science - Environment & Ecology
French term or phrase: travaillant sur la division par quatre des émissions de gaz à effet de serre
Le groupe dit « facteur 4 », travaillant sur la division par quatre des émissions de gaz à effet de serre de la France à l'horizon 2050, a remis son rapport dans lequel ne figure finalement rien de bien de nouveau.
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Iraq
Local time: 04:46
which works on reducing by 75% (of by a factor of four) the emissions of greenhouse gases..
Explanation:
Any variation that means reducing them to a quarter (of th peresent level, presumably)
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Marco Solinas
Local time: 19:46
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Summary of answers provided
5 +9working to achieve a fourfold reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
Victoria Barkoff
4 +3working towards quartering France's greenhouse gas emissions
Carol Gullidge
3 +3which works on reducing by 75% (of by a factor of four) the emissions of greenhouse gases..Marco Solinas


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
which works on reducing by 75% (of by a factor of four) the emissions of greenhouse gases..


Explanation:
Any variation that means reducing them to a quarter (of th peresent level, presumably)

Marco Solinas
Local time: 19:46
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxBourth: I'd keep "factor of four" in the translation to underscore the name of the workgroup
2 mins

agree  John Detre: or maybe "which is working on cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 75%...
2 mins

agree  kashew: Better than 4-fold as there's already factor 4 in the sentence.
1 hr
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
working to achieve a fourfold reduction in greenhouse gas emissions


Explanation:
English translation of the report on line:
http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/energie/prospect/pd...

Victoria Barkoff
Local time: 22:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claire Cox
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agree  Tortola
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agree  Karen Stokes
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agree  Daniel Weston
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agree  mimi 254
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agree  Tony M
37 mins

agree  Chris Hall: Perfect translation of the ST. By far the best translation in my opinion. Very good reference material provided.
38 mins

agree  ST Translations
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agree  Valerie SYKES
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
working towards quartering France's greenhouse gas emissions


Explanation:
or.."...cutting France's GHG emissions by three quarters"


I prefer to keep it simple

[PDF] Groupe 1 Synthèse anglaisFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View
must now place itself on the trajectory for quartering its greenhouse gas emissions by. 2050, which supposes imagining a totally different development model ...
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In addition, it has committed to quartering its emissions. (“factor four”) by 2050. Part of France's success in reducing emissions has to do with its use of ...
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[biofuel] France's 2004 budget to include hike in diesel fuel gas taxFrance said it is committed to quartering its GHG emissions by 2050, which would entail a 3%/year decrease in emissions. ------------------------ Yahoo! ...
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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jeux de Mots: nicely put
1 min
  -> thanks Jeux-de-Mots!

agree  kashew: Nice option.
1 hr
  -> thanks Kashew!

agree  Martyn G
1 hr
  -> thanks Frecossais!
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