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NOM PRENOM CLASSE DATE
Anglais
Disciplines associées : géographie,
histoire
Lycée / B1-B2
Dossier pédagogique
Le changement climatique :
vers une remise en question
des droits de l’homme ?
Climate change: is it
questioning Human Rights?
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Document 4 : article sur le site The Economist, www.economist.com . Tapez “Seasons of
discontent ” dans la barre de recherche.
1. Find information about El Niño :
a) Meaning in English:
b) Definition:
c) Effect:
2. Explain the two sets of data used:
a) Political data:
b) Geographical data:
3. In years of El Niño, how many internal conflicts have been triggered
by weather conditions?
4. What has changed in terms of place and time?
Place
Time
Before
Now
5. Economic factors.
a) What are the two aggravating factors?
b) Which historical facts can be linked to these factors?

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6. How can you justify the fact that the warmer the weather is, the more likely
conflicts break out?
7. Why are the researchers so pessimistic?
8. React to the last sentence: “People do adapt to climate challenges – by
fighting each other.”