Environmental Issues (AQA GCSE French): Revision Note
Exam code: 8652
Environmental issues
For the topic of environmental issues, you need to:
discuss different environmental problems and their effects
say what you do to help the environment
use modal verbs to say how you and others can, must, or want to help the environment

Environmental issues: vocabulary
Some useful words and phrases to talk about environmental issues are:
Je suis inquiet / inquiète pour le/la/les…
I am worried about …
Une grande inquiétude, c’est …
A big worry / concern is …
Category | French | Part of speech | English |
Describing environmental issues | catastrophe | n (f) | catastrophe, disaster |
cause | n (f) | cause | |
climat | n (m) | climate | |
crise | n (f) | crisis | |
déchets | n (mpl) | rubbish | |
eau | n (f) | water | |
énergie | n (f) | energy | |
environnement | n (m) | environment | |
gaz | n (m) | gas | |
menace | n (f) | threat | |
mer | n (f) | sea | |
monde | n (m) | world | |
nature | n (f) | nature | |
niveau | n (m) | level | |
planète | n (f) | planet | |
plastique | n (f) | plastic | |
pollution | n (f) | pollution | |
réchauffement | n (m) | warming | |
ressource | n (f) | resource | |
terre | n (f) | earth, world, soil, land | |
augmenter | v | to increase, raise | |
détruire | v | to destroy | |
diminuer | v | to decrease, lower | |
jeter | v | to throw | |
menacer | v | to threaten | |
polluer | v | to pollute | |
tuer | v | to kill | |
grave | adj | serious, grave | |
inquiétant(e) | adj | worrying | |
Helping the environment | recyclage | n (m) | recycling |
aider | v | to help | |
améliorer | v | to improve | |
protéger | v | to protect | |
recycler | v | to recycle | |
réduire | v | to reduce | |
utiliser | v | to use |
Higher tier only
These words are only required for Higher tier.
French | Part of speech | English | Examples | |
circulation | n (f) | traffic | La circulation dans ma ville crée beaucoup de pollution. | The traffic in my town creates a lot of pollution. |
changement | n (m) | change | Je m’inquiète du changement climatique. | I am worried about climate change. |
destruction | n (f) | destruction | La destruction des arbres menace les animaux. | The destruction of trees threatens animals. |
espèce | n (f) | species | Il faut protéger chaque espèce. | We must protect every species. |
préserver | v | to preserve, protect | On doit préserver les rivières propres. | We must preserve clean rivers. |
prévenir | v | to prevent | Le gouvernement essaie de prévenir les catastrophes naturelles. | The government is trying to prevent natural disasters. |
sauver | v | to save | Nous devons sauver notre planète. | We must save our planet. |
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