气候变化:200多国一致通过《巴黎协定》细则,BBC总结五项要点

导读:近日,在波兰举行的气候会议上,200多国达成了《巴黎协定》细则,与会BBC记者总结了会议的五个核心要点。

Delegates to the UN climate conference in Poland have reached agreement on how to implement the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, which comes into force in 2020. What are the key points to come out of the meeting?

参加联合国波兰气候大会的代表就如何实施将于2020年生效的2015年《巴黎气候协定》达成了协议。会议的关键点是什么?

1 - The rules are key to the game

1- 规则是游戏的关键

However dull it may be, the operational rules for the 2015 Paris climate agreement will govern the way the world tackles climate change for decades to come.

无论多么沉闷,2015年巴黎气候协议的运作规则将决定世界在未来几十年间应对气候变化的方式。

2 - Science is worth fighting for

2 - 科学值得为之奋斗

One of the biggest rows at this meeting was over a key scientific report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

这次会议的最大争论点围绕的是政府间气候变化专门委员会(IPCC)的一份重要科学报告。

A group of countries including Saudi Arabia, US, Kuwait and Russia refused to "welcome" the IPCC study.

包括沙特阿拉伯,美国,科威特和俄罗斯在内的一些国家拒绝“承认”IPCC研究。

They merely wanted to "note" the contents.

这些国家只是想“标注”其内容。

The vast majority of countries felt that acknowledging the science was critical at this conference.

绝大多数国家认为承认科学对于这次会议至关重要。

3 - International spirit is still alive

3 - 国际精神依然存在

Many countries had worried that with the rise of nationalism in many countries and the recent election of Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s president, the international co-operation needed to tackle climate change might be in danger.

许多国家担心,随着民族主义在许多国家兴起以及最近Jair Bolsonaro被选举为巴西总统,解决气候变化所需的国际合作可能面临危险。

For many getting agreement here in Katowice was less about technical rules and more about showing that the international spirit is still alive and has teeth.

对于许多来到卡托维兹达成协议的国家来说,这不仅仅是关于技术规则的事,更多是表明了国际精神仍然健在。

4 - A win for the process but not for the planet?

4 - 这是个过程的胜利,但不是地球的胜利?

While negotiators have been congratulating themselves on a job well done in landing the rulebook, there are many voices here who feel that the agreement does not go far enough.

虽然谈判代表祝贺自己在指定规则方面做得很好,但是有很多人认为该协议还远远不够。

5 - New voices are emerging

5 - 新的声音正在出现

One of the most striking things about this conference of the parties was the presence of energised young people in far greater numbers than I have ever seen them at a COP before.

关于这次会议最引人注目的事情之一就是充满活力的年轻人的存在,其数量远远超过我以前在缔约方会议上看到过的人数。

(来源:爱语吧)

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