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VOA双语新闻:环保组织批评G8降低排量承诺

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  G-8 leaders in Italy pledged to cut global emissions2 50 percent by 2050. But advocacy organizations say that the commitment is much too weak and too vague for sub-Saharan Africa, which is already facing serious challenges due to a changing climate.
在意大利的八国集团领导人承诺,到2050年以前将全球温室气体排放量减少50%。但环保组织说,这项承诺对于撒哈拉以南非洲地区来说太薄弱也太含糊不清。由于气候变化,那一地区已经面临严重的挑战。
The advocacy groups say that the 2050 deadline set by the G-8 leaders is much too far away to address the serious issues arising from changing global temperatures.
环保组织说,八国集团领导人制定的2050年最后期限距离解决由全球气温变化引起的严重问题过于遥远。
Tom Sharman, head of climate change policy at the international development organization "ActionAid," claims African nations need an immediate3 commitment from industrialized nations both to cut their emissions by 2020 and to provide emergency funds to help affected4 countries respond to climate-related disasters.
国际发展组织“援助行动”的气候变化政策负责人汤姆.沙曼说,非洲国家需要工业化国家立即作出到2020年降低他们的排放量的承诺,并提供紧急资金帮助受影响的国家应对与气候有关的灾害。
"What the G-8 and the major economies forum5 agreed [to] was only to talk about the targets for 2050, which is a long way off and probably hardly any G-8 leaders will be alive at that date," he said. "What they really needed to do was talk about the 2020 target and how much money they're going to put on the table - and they failed to do either."
沙曼说:“八国集团和主要经济论坛达成一致立场的只是讨论2050年的目标。到2050年还有很长的一段时间,可能几乎没有任何八国集团的领导人能活到那个时候。他们真正需要做的是讨论一个2020年的目标,以及他们打算拿出多少钱。他们之前没能拿出这笔钱。”
One of the criticisms of the G-8 pledge is its vague wording regarding the base year for determining the agreed upon emissions cut. The statement declared the 2050 emission1 levels were to be "compared to 1990 or later years," leaving what critics suggest is a wide open door for G-8 leaders to hedge on the actual specifics of the pledge.
对于八国集团承诺提出的一项批评是,在决定并就减少排量达成共识的问题上,有关承诺在确定基准年度方面语言含混不清。这项声明宣布,2050年的排放标准是与“1990年或以后的年份相比而言”。批评家说,这为八国集团领导人避免回答承诺中的具体数字留有很大的模棱两可的空间。
George Malakwen, the assistant director at the "Eastern Africa Environmental Network," says that those regions that have had least to do with the shifting climate are now the ones suffering the most from its consequences. As an example he points out this year's severe drought in East Africa.
“东非环境交流”的助理负责人乔治.马拉文说,那些与导致气候变化关系最小的地区现在却承受最严重的后果。 他指出今年东非的严重干旱就是一个例子。
"Although [the] eastern Africa region has not been part of the industrialized world, and is not still, yet it is actually bearing the greatest brunt of climate change," said Malakwen. "Many people are dying because of hunger; crops are failing; livestock6 are dying - even the wildlife, which is actually one of the backbones7 of the economy in terms of tourism."
“虽然东非地区一直不属于工业化世界,现在也不是,但它实际上承受了气候变化最严重的后果。很多人因为饥饿而死亡,作物歉收,牲畜、甚至作为旅游经济顶梁柱的野生动物也面临死亡。
A recent report by development organization "Oxfam International" links the current hunger crisis being experienced across the region to the shifting climate trends. The report predicts that changing seasons and prolonged droughts could dramatically decrease the yield of maize8 crops, the staple9 food of a quarter billion East Africans.
发展组织“国际乐施会”的一份最新报告指出,目前在整个地区出现的饥饿危机与气候变化的趋势有关。 报告预测,季节变化和长期的干旱会大幅度减少玉米作物的产量。玉米是2.5亿东非人的主粮。
Recent studies also show that changes in climate may severely10 disrupt the livelihoods11 of the pastoralist herders in the region.
最新的研究还表明,气候变化可能严重破坏该地区牧民的生计。
Sharman predicts that the people of sub-Saharan Africa will not be impressed by the pledges they have received from the G-8 leaders.
沙曼预测说,非洲南部地区的人们不会满意八国集团领导人作出的承诺。
"I think if they see what the G-8 have said, they will be extremely disappointed and once again feel that the G-8 leaders are not really understanding Africa's problem, particularly in the case of climate change where Africa is one of the continents that stands to be hit first and hardest by climate change and yet has done least to contribute to the problem," he said.
沙曼说:“我想如果他们听到八国集团所说的话,他们会非常失望,并且再次觉得八国集团的领导人不能真正了解非洲的问题,尤其非洲是最先受到气候变化的影响、并且是受影响最严重的洲之一,而非洲人在造成这一问题方面所起的坏作用最小。”
According to the "International Governmental Panel on Climate Change," emissions from industrialized nations must be cut 25 to 40 percent by 2020 to avoid global climate-related disasters.
据“国际政府间气候变化专门委员会”说,工业化国家的温室气体到2020年必需减少25%至40%,才能避免全球与气候有关的灾害。
In reviewing the G-8 Summit this week, U.S. President Barack Obama said discussions on climate change had improved chances for further negotitaions later this year. He said the discussions had been "candid12 and spirited."
回顾本周的八国集团领导人峰会,美国总统奥巴马说,关于气候变化问题的讨论增进了今年晚些时候作进一步磋商的可能性。他说,这次讨论是“坦诚而愉快的”。


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1 emission vjnz4     
n.发出物,散发物;发出,散发
参考例句:
  • Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施,降低污染物排放总量。
  • Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后,指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。
2 emissions 1a87f8769eb755734e056efecb5e2da9     
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 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
参考例句:
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
4 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
5 forum cilx0     
n.论坛,讨论会
参考例句:
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
6 livestock c0Wx1     
n.家畜,牲畜
参考例句:
  • Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
  • The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。
7 backbones c4c409c030b485ea5d90968a63228387     
n.骨干( backbone的名词复数 );脊骨;骨气;脊骨状物
参考例句:
  • Why do hummingbirds and gorillas both have backbones? 为什么蜂鸟和大猩猩都有脊骨? 来自辞典例句
  • Simply adding bandwidth to the Internet backbones is not an answer. 只是简单的在互联网骨架上增加带宽是应付不了的。 来自互联网
8 maize q2Wyb     
n.玉米
参考例句:
  • There's a field planted with maize behind the house.房子后面有一块玉米地。
  • We can grow sorghum or maize on this plot.这块地可以种高粱或玉米。
9 staple fGkze     
n.主要产物,常用品,主要要素,原料,订书钉,钩环;adj.主要的,重要的;vt.分类
参考例句:
  • Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
  • Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。
10 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
11 livelihoods 53a2f8716b41c07918d6fc5d944b18a5     
生计,谋生之道( livelihood的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者,他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
  • With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小,他们的传统生计受到了威胁。
12 candid SsRzS     
adj.公正的,正直的;坦率的
参考例句:
  • I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance for it.我只有希望公正的读者多少包涵一些。
  • He is quite candid with his friends.他对朋友相当坦诚。
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