联合国气候大会巴黎开幕

 　　At the UN climate summit which starts Monday in Paris, governments are expected to adopt a landmark¹ deal to fight climate change and help vulnerable countries deal with rising sea levels, extreme weather events and other effects of global warming.

　　UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says the "time is now" for world leaders to act to improve people's lives.

　　"The time is now to act. We don't have any time to waste. Leaders should bear and feel a moral and political responsibility for humanity. This is the one which will really help put an end to poverty, making cities healthier, liveable, and making our lives much, much safer and more prosperous with human dignity."

　　联合国气候大会巴黎开幕

　　More than 180 countries have signed up to climate action plans before the conference, including pledges to cut or control heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions² after 2020, when the new deal is supposed to take effect.

　　Although optimistic about reaching a significant agreement in Paris, Ban said governments' pledges to cut global warming emissions are not enough.

　　"The national climate change action plan submitted by member states up until now, by more than 183 countries, we call it INDC - Intended Nationally Determined³ Contribution - amounts to around three degrees Centigrade (37 degrees Fahrenheit). But it's not enough. We have to do much more and faster to be able to contain the global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius⁴ (35 degrees Fahrenheit). That is our target."

　　Meanwhile, he also calls for plans to review targets every five years.

　　"There have been many discussions whether it (the reviewing process) should be every five years or ten years. But I think five years seems to get the emerging consensus⁵ among the member states."

　　The industrialized nations had earlier committed to long term financing support in the form of a green climate fund worth 100 billion US dollars a year to support concrete mitigation action by developing countries.

　　India, who has offered to cut its emissions per-unit of GDP figures to 35 percent by 2030, warned that international efforts to arrive at a climate deal will not succeed if they keep dislodging the balance of responsibilities between developed and developing countries.

　　Ban says he believes the member states will figure a way out.

　　"Countries have varying capacities of addressing this climate change agreement. Also, at the same time, (they have) different level(s) of economic development. Therefore, there should be a balance between the responsibilities of developed countries and developing countries. I'm sure that the member states will be able to find good and creative solutions."

　　In a separate interview, Ban also spoke⁶ highly of China's role in tackling climate change, hailing China as "a leader in promoting South-South cooperation".

　　For CRI, I'm Luo Bin⁷.

1 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

2 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 Celsius   

adj.摄氏温度计的，摄氏的

参考例句：

• The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。
• The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius.七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。

5 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。