会议周一在斐济楠迪市开幕。太平洋地区领导人希望借此吸引全球对气候变化前沿地区生活与生存状况的关注。南太平洋是全球最易受气候变化影响的地区之一——海平面上升威胁着民众家园，气温不断升高则导致珊瑚白化。
gathering kicked off on Monday in the Fijian city of Nadi, where Pacific leaders are seeking to draw the world's attention to life on the frontline of climate change The South Pacific is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to global warming -- from rising sea waters jeopardising homes to increasing temperatures causing coral bleaching.
本周在楠迪和环礁国家图瓦卢举行的会谈，是下月将在土耳其举行的更大规模联合国全球气候峰会——即COP31——的前奏。太平洋地区领导人正推动各国坚守将全球升温控制在1.5℃以内的目标，扩大气候融资渠道，并更加关注气候变化对海洋的影响。
This week's talks in Nadi and on the atoll nation of Tuvalu are a precursor to the larger UN-sponsored global climate summit -- known as COP31 -- to be held next month in Turkey 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.
斐济气候部长琳达·塔布亚在开幕式上说：“我们的总理本周将向各国领导人传达三项明确信息：让1.5℃目标仍有可能实现，让资金惠及有需要的社区，并让海洋在气候治理体系中获得其应有地位。”
"Our prime minister will carry three clear messages to the leaders this week: keep 1.5 degrees within reach, make finance reach the communities that need it and give the ocean its rightful place in the climate regime," Fiji 's climate minister Lynda Tabuya told the opening ceremony.
联合国报告称，海洋变暖和冰川融化正推动海平面以创纪录的速度上升。
Sea levels are rising at a record pace, driven by warming oceans and glacier melt, according to a UN report.
8月发布的报告指出，到2050年，最多12亿人可能因此流离失所；太平洋岛国的海平面上升速度将达到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, the report released in August said.
报告还强调了资金缺口问题：发展中国家需要3100亿至3650亿美元用于适应气候变化，但2023年可用的适应资金仅有260亿美元。
It also highlighted a financing gap, with developing countries needing $310-$365 billion to adapt, yet having only $26 billion in adaptation finance available in 2023.
同时担任COP31谈判主席的澳大利亚气候部长克里斯·鲍恩说：“今天在斐济，我们再次呼吁世界，让宏大的目标真正落到实处。”
"Today in Fiji, we are again calling on the world to match ambition with delivery," said Australia 's climate minister Chris Bowen, who is also president of negotiations for COP31.
他说，COP前会议将重点“汇集、转化并运用那些长期身处气候变化一线、处于前沿地区的人们所积累的知识”。
He said talks at the pre-COP would focus on "capturing, capitalising on, and putting to work the knowledge of those who've been dealing with climate change here at its forefront, here at its cutting edge".
太平洋地区领导人将此次COP前会议视为让世界走进太平洋、亲眼了解当地气候状况的机会。
Regional leaders have pitched the pre-COP as a chance to bring the world to the Pacific.