冰川融化成气候谈判议题

 　　Peru is home to the Quelccaya ice cap, the largest tropical glacier¹ on Earth that is located at approximately 5100m above sea level.

　　But it is shrinking.

　　The Andean nation has 71 percent of the world's tropical glaciers², but the Peruvian glaciers have lost more than a fifth of their mass in just three decades.

　　This is putting severe stress as pastures and croplands dry up and the planting cycle has become more erratic³ with severe cold spells freezing the crops.

　　Peruvian Minister of Environment Manuel Pulgar Vidal says the international community needs to take urgent steps to prevent the loss of glaciers due to climate change

　　冰川融化成气候谈判议题

　　"Peru definitely faces the consequences of climate change, and water is the issue where we have more work to do. Because we still rely heavily on hydropower, which faces a lack of water, it may mean some difficulties in the future."

　　The Peruvian capital Lima is the world's second-largest desert capital after Cairo in Egypt, and its 10 million inhabitants depend on glacial runoff for their water supply.

　　Shrinking glaciers have already put immense pressure on the city that is already suffering from frequent water shortages.

　　Residents are complaining on the lack of reliable access to drinking water.

　　"It is the only truck that comes here and sometimes they don't even come and we don't have water for 15 to 20 days."

　　Latin America and the Caribbean cause less than 10 percent of global emissions⁴.

　　An earlier World Bank report had says that global climate change threatens to wipe out Andes' tropical glaciers within the next 20 years, putting precious water, energy and food sources at risk.

　　When global leaders meet in Paris in November to set emissions targets, the issue of disappearing glaciers will again come to the spotlight⁵.

　　For CRI I am Huang Shan.

1 glacier   

n.冰川，冰河

参考例句：

• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
• The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。

2 glaciers   

冰河，冰川( glacier的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Glaciers gouged out valleys from the hills. 冰川把丘陵地带冲出一条条山谷。
• It has ice and snow glaciers, rainforests and beautiful mountains. 既有冰川，又有雨林和秀丽的山峰。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）

3 erratic   

adj.古怪的，反复无常的，不稳定的

参考例句：

• The old man had always been cranky and erratic.那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
• The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。

4 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。

5 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。