惠灵顿——世界各国正纷纷派遣代表前往太平洋地区，就应对全球变暖问题展开磋商，并实地了解那些被不断上涨的海水所包围的岛国所面临的困境。
Wellington – World powers are flying delegates to the Pacific to haggle over the fight against global warming, and to see the plight of island nations surrounded by a rising ocean.
10月5日至6日，各国部长、气候谈判代表以及少数国家领导人将在斐济的纳迪市举行会谈。
Ministers, climate negotiators and a handful of leaders will meet in the Fijian city of Nadi for the 5-6 October talks.
此次会议将为11月在土耳其安塔利亚省举行的联合国全球气候峰会（即第31届缔约方大会）确定行动方向。
They will be charting the course for a major UN-sponsored global climate summit, known as Cop31, to be held in November in Turkey's Antalya province.
对太平洋岛国而言，在本地区举办预备性会谈是一个绝佳契机，有助于让全世界关注那些身处气候变化最前沿地区的人们的生活状况。
For Pacific nations, hosting the preliminary talks in their region offers an opportunity to draw the world's attention to life on the frontline of climate change.
太平洋岛国领导人正竭力推动国际社会恪守将全球升温幅度控制在1.5摄氏度以内的目标，同时增加气候融资渠道，并更加重视气候变化对海洋的影响。
Pacific leaders are pushing for the world to stick to a target of limiting global warming to 1.5C, enhance access to climate finance, and give more attention to the impact on oceans.
联合国的一份报告指出，受海洋变暖及冰川融化的影响，全球海平面正以创纪录的速度上升。
The sea level is rising at a record pace, driven by warming oceans and glacier melt, according to a UN report.
这份于8月份发布的报告指出，到2050年，全球可能有多达12亿人流离失所；太平洋岛国的海平面上升幅度更是达到了全球平均水平的两倍。
Up to 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050, with Pacific island countries experiencing sea level rise at twice the global average, said the report released in August.
报告还指出了气候融资方面的巨大缺口：发展中国家为应对气候变化需要3100亿至3650亿美元的资金支持，但2023年全球可用于气候适应工作的资金仅有260亿美元。
It also highlighted a financing gap, with developing countries needing US$310-US$365 billion to adapt, yet having only US$26 billion in adaptation finance available in 2023.
出席此次太平洋地区会谈的重要代表们还将前往地势低洼的图瓦卢进行为期一天的考察。这个小岛国正计划一旦国土被海水淹没，便组织全民迁移。届时他们将亲眼目睹图瓦卢的填海造地工程。
Top delegates to the Pacific talks will hold a one-day retreat on low-lying Tuvalu, a small island nation laying plans to relocate the population if it is consumed by the ocean. They will be shown Tuvalu's land reclamation efforts.
图瓦卢的首都富纳富提的最高点仅比海平面高出两米，其境内九个环礁岛中有两个早已大部分被上涨的海水淹没。
The island capital Funafuti's highest point is just two metres above sea-level, and two of its nine coral atolls are already largely swamped by rising seas.
“海平面上升并非未来的威胁，而是当下的现实，”图瓦卢总理费莱蒂·特奥在气候会谈前夕的联合国大会上如此说道。
More than half of Europe exposed to extreme heat stress this summer "Sea-level rise is not a future threat, it is a present reality," Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo told the UN General Assembly ahead of the climate talks.
“图瓦卢传达的信息很明确：世界必须立即采取果断、集体的紧急行动，为子孙后代保护未来。”去年，澳大利亚在与土耳其争夺第31届联合国气候变化大会（COP31）主办权的竞争中退出，达成了一项协议，使其能够主持谈判并将筹备会议带到太平洋地区。
"Tuvalu's message is clear: the world must act now decisively, collectively, and with urgency to protect the future for generations to come." Last year, Australia bowed out of a contest with Turkey to host the Cop31 summit in a deal that let it preside over negotiations and bring the preparatory talks to the Pacific.
然而，作为气候谈判的领导者，身为主要煤炭出口国的澳大利亚因其化石燃料开采规模而面临压力。
As leader of the climate talks, however, major coal exporter Australia has faced heat over the scale of its fossil fuel extraction.
澳大利亚气候变化部长克里斯·鲍文（Chris Bowen）表示，澳大利亚正在迅速扩大可再生能源，这对摆脱化石燃料的转型至关重要。
Chris Bowen, the country's climate minister, says Australia is rapidly expanding its renewable energy sources, which are essential for a transition away from fossil fuels.
同时担任COP31谈判主席的鲍文还驳斥了媒体的批评，即在太平洋地区举行的会前谈判未能吸引足够的全球领导人。
Bowen, president of the Cop31 negotiations, also rejected media criticism that the pre-Cop talks in the Pacific had failed to lure enough world leaders.
到目前为止，公开确认将出席斐济和图瓦卢会议的全球领导人不到十二位，且大多来自太平洋地区。
Fewer than a dozen world leaders have so far publicly confirmed that they will attend the meetings in Fiji and Tuvalu, mostly from the Pacific.
斐济上个月表示，预计安提瓜和巴布达、佛得角、泰国、马尔代夫和东帝汶的国家元首将出席会议。
Fiji said last month it expected the heads of state for Antigua and Barbuda, Cape Verde, Thailand, the Maldives and Timor-Leste would attend.
鲍文在会谈前夕对记者表示：“这通常不是领导人级别的会议。”此类会议通常在部长和高级谈判代表层面举行。
"It's not normally a leaders meeting," Bowen told reporters in the run-up to the talks, which are usually held at the ministerial and senior-negotiator level.
尼日利亚面临全球最高的极端高温死亡人数，厄尔尼诺现象正席卷萨赫勒地区。组织方尚未公布详细的出席人数。
Nigeria faces world’s highest heat death toll as El Nino bears down on Sahel Organisers have not released detailed figures on attendance.
鲍文上个月曾表示，将有来自60个国家的4000人参加，但未提供完整细分数据。
Bowen said last month 4,000 people from 60 nations would attend, without providing a full breakdown.
海洋科学家拉杰尼尔·辛格（Rajneel Singh）曾参与报告2024年海洋热浪导致图瓦卢周边大规模珊瑚死亡的研究，他表示，人们对气候挑战缺乏关注让他感到沮丧。
Marine scientist Rajneel Singh – part of a team that reported large-scale coral death around Tuvalu from a 2024 marine heatwave – said he was disheartened by a perceived lack of attention to the climate challenge.
辛格在接受法新社采访时说：“这非常、非常令人难过。人们对正在发生的事情毫无察觉。”
"It's very, very sad. There's no awareness of what's happening," Singh told AFP.
在8月26日喜马拉雅山洪灾难发生后，尼泊尔外交部长希西尔·卡纳尔（Shisir Khanal）已确认将出席此次太平洋气候会议。
Nepal's foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, has confirmed he will attend the Pacific climate meeting, after the August 26 Himalayan flood disaster.
8月26日，尼泊尔与中国边境地区发生冰川及岩石崩塌，引发一道由海水与碎屑组成的“海啸式”洪流。这场灾害导致两国近1500人丧生，5800人失踪。
A tsunami-like wall of water and debris triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal-China border on August 26 killed nearly 1,500 and left 5,800 missing in the two countries.
“我们想向全世界传达的信息是：气候变化问题已不再是理论上的假设，”卡纳尔在纽约接受法新社采访时说道。
"What we're trying to convey to the world is this: these issues of climate change are not theoretical anymore," Khanal told AFP in an interview in New York.