【09.12.08 时代】Copenhagen summit哥本哈根会议

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【09.12.08 时代】Copenhagen summit
Copenhagen summit：Europe turns on US and China over weak emission targets
哥本哈根会议：欧洲指责中美的低标准的减排目标
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol ... /article6947765.ece

The European Union has rejected the new carbon emission targets tabled by the United States and China and said they were much too weak to prevent catastrophic climate change.
欧盟已经拒绝了由中美提出的新的碳减排目标，并说这个目标太小对于防止灾难性的气候变迁不会起到什么作用。

The dispute between the three main players at the Copenhagen climate change summit overshadowed the first day of negotiations and dashed hopes that a deal on emissions was imminent.
在哥本哈根气候变迁大会的这三个主要角色间的争端使得会议的第一天蒙上阴影，并且感觉到达成碳排放协议的希望将要泡汤。

The EU called on President Obama to announce a more ambitious target next week, when he arrives in Copenhagen for the last day of the conference on December 18.
欧盟请求奥巴马总统在下个星期的12月18日会议的最后一天到达哥本哈根时，宣布一个更大的目标。

But the US insisted that the provisional offer made 10 days ago by Mr Obama was “remarkable” and in line with what scientists had recommended.
但是美国坚持认为10天前由奥巴马先生提出的临时的协议是‘卓越的’并且是由科学家一致推荐的。

Mr Obama has proposed to cut its emissions by 4 per cent on 1990 levels by 2020, although he has said this is subject to getting the approval of Congress. The EU has made a legally binding commitment to cut its emissions by 20 per cent over the same period. It has also said it would increase the cut to 30 per cent if other countries committed to “comparable action”.
奥巴马先生已经提仪在2020年时碳排放量将在1990年的基础上减少4%，尽管他也说这仍有待于美国国会的批准。欧盟已经做出了一个具有法律约束力的承诺在同样的时期减少碳排放量达到20%。并且还表示如果其它的国家提交‘类似行动’，碳排放量将提高到30%。

Washington tonight attempted to demonstrate that it was serious about fighting climate change by formally announcing that green house gases were a danger to American health and paving the way for new regulations to control them. This would technically allow Mr Obama to override Congress and impose carbon cuts but, in practice, he is more likely to use the prospect of regulations as a bargaining chip to persuade enough senators to pass a Bill enforcing the 4 per cent target.
华盛顿今晚尝试着证明他们对于对抗气候变迁是严肃认真的，他们已经正式宣布温室效应气体对于美国人的健康是一个威胁，并且为制定新控制温室效应气体的法规做好了准备。这可能在技术上允许奥巴马先生越过国会程序，强制减少碳排放，但实际上他似乎更可能去把可能产生的规章作为一个讨价还价的筹码去说服足够的议员们通过强制减少4%碳排放的议案。

Andreas Carlgren, Sweden’s environment minister and the EU’s main negotiator under the rotating presidency, said the targets proposed by the US and China were too low to qualify as comparable action and therefore the EU would not strengthen its 20 per cent target.
瑞典环境部长Andreas Carlgren和欧盟轮值主席的主要谈判代表说由中美提出的减排目标太低而不能成为类似行动，因此欧盟将不会增加20%的减排目标。

“If you analyse the bids they are not going to deliver the emissions reductions that would be keeping the Earth’s temperature [increase] below 2C. The US and China cover half the world’s emissions so it will be absolutely decisive what they deliver.
‘如果你分析这些他们不打算去实施的减排提议，这些可能保证地球温度升高低于2度。中美两国的碳排放量占了世界总量的一半，所以他们如何实施减排是绝对关键的。’

“It would be astonishing if President Obama arrived here next week and just delivered what was in last week’s press release. I would rather expect the US President will deliver something further.”
‘如果下星期奥巴马总统到来后仅仅只是传达上星期新闻发布的内容，就太令人吃惊了，我更愿意期待美国总统会带来更进一步的提议。’

Mr Carlgren also dismissed China’s offer to reduce its emissions per unit of GDP by 40-45 per cent by 2020. He said the target would result in a huge increase in emissions because of China’s predicted 8 per cent annual economic growth.
Carlgren先生也同时驳回了中国的关于到2020年平均每个GDP的碳排放量减少40-50%的提议。他说这个目标将导致巨大的碳排放的增长，因为中国每年的经济增长预计为8%

Mr Carlgren dismissed the recommendation from Lord Stern of Brentford that the EU should take the lead at the summit by making an unconditional commitment to cut its emissions by 30 per cent by 2020.
Carlgren先生认为来自Stern of Brentford勋爵的欧盟应当领头提交一个在2020年无条件减排30%的承诺是不合理的。

“The EU wants to go to 30 per cent but other parties must also deliver and it mostly depends on the US and China.
欧盟想要达到减排30%但是其它的国家也必须达到，而几乎就要靠中美两国。

“We must keep the pressure until the end. We have said 30 per cent as a lever to put pressure on other parties.
‘我们必须要保持施压直到最后。我们已经说对其它所有国家，30%是一个必须达到的标杆。’

“If we were to weaken that pressure by already delivering we would lose that endgame and we would risk having an agreement of too low an ambition level."
‘如果我们减少这个压力，实施一个较低目标的协议，我们将要失去这最后的机会。’

Jonathan Pershing, the US chief negotiator at Copenhagen, tried to downplay America’s contribution to climate change.
Jonathan Pershing，美国哥本哈根主要谈判代表试图去低调处理美国对于气候变迁的‘贡献’。

He said: “The US is responsible for one fifth of emissions which means four fifths come from the rest of the world.” He suggested that the US was making up for its weak short term target by offering an 80 per cent reduction in emissions by 2050. Most other countries argue that promising reductions in 40 years time is a political fudge and no substitute for firm action in the next decade.
他说：‘美国只对于1/5的碳排量负责，4/5的碳排放来自世界其它的国家。’他建议美国用到2050年减排80%的提议来弥补过低的短期目标。大多数的国家认为这个40年的减排许诺只是一个政治的幌子，无法替代下个十年切实的行动。

But Mr Pershing hinted that Mr Obama might be willing to offer more short-term action, possibly in the form of a substantial contribution to a global fund to help poor countries adapt to climate change.
然而Pershing先生暗示奥巴马先生可能乐于提出更短期的行动，有可能是给一个帮助穷困国家适应气候变化的国际基金里提供重要捐献的形式。

“The president has put a remarkable number on the table. What we need to now do is see how these negotiations proceed and we look forward to his coming and engaging in the discussion.”
‘总统已经提出一个意义非凡的数字，我们现在需要做的就是看看这些谈判将如何进展，我们期待着他的到来加入讨论。’

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