
约翰·艾格(John Ainger)和埃瓦·克鲁科夫斯卡(Ewa Krukowska)在联合国最近的一份报告称世界将突破《巴黎协定》规定的1.5摄氏度关键目标后,欧盟将在下个月举行的COP 31气候峰会上推动所谓的“缓解一揽子计划”。
The European Union will push for a so-called “mitigation package” at the COP31 climate summit next month after a recent United Nations report said the world would breach the key 1.5C temperature goal laid out by the Paris Agreement.
过去几年,欧盟一直在努力让世界就更快的减排步伐达成一致,或履行2023年做出的放弃化石燃料的承诺。相反,该集团陷入了金融和贸易问题的困境,并在唐纳德·特朗普总统退出《巴黎协定》后失去了美国的一个重要盟友。
The EU has struggled over the past couple of years to get the world to agree on a faster pace of emissions cuts, or implement a commitment made in 2023 to transition away from fossil fuels. Instead the bloc has become bogged down in issues of finance and trade, and has lost a key ally in the US after President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement.
在11月于土耳其安塔利亚举行的COP 31峰会上,欧盟将加倍努力推动全球减排。根据彭博社看到的一份文件草案,谈判人员希望将关键的“缓解工作计划”谈判轨道(讨论如何最好地减排的论坛)至少延长到2040年,并为2028年的关键全球盘点奠定基础。
At November’s COP31 summit in Antalya, Turkey, the EU will double down on its push to cut emissions globally. Negotiators want to prolong a key “Mitigation Work Programme” negotiating track — a forum for discussing how to best cut emissions — until at least 2040, and lay the groundwork for the key Global Stocktake in 2028, according to a draft document seen by Bloomberg.
前者的任务持续到COP 31,后者将跟踪所取得的进展并概述遏制本世纪气温上升所需的进一步措施。
The former’s mandate runs until COP31, and the latter is set to track progress that’s been made and outline further steps needed to curb temperature rises this century.
与此同时,欧盟文件称,COP 31上新的气候融资承诺“没有空间”,重点应继续放在执行现有决定上。
At the same time, “there is no scope” for new climate finance commitments at COP31 and the focus should remain on implementing existing decisions, the EU document says.
欧盟发起这一努力之前,联合国上个月警告称,未来几年,世界可能会无法实现2015年《巴黎协定》的一个关键目标:将全球变暖限制在比工业化前水平高1.5摄氏度。报告称,在最好的情况下,气温将达到1.8摄氏度左右的峰值,如果不改变当前政策,气温可能达到2.6摄氏度。
The EU push comes after the UN warned last month that in the next few years the world will likely miss a key target of 2015’s Paris Agreement: to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Warming will peak at around 1.8C in a best-case scenario and without changes to current policies, could reach 2.6C, according to the report.
欧盟轮值主席国爱尔兰编制的一份文件草案称,“COP 31的成果必须传达行动的紧迫性”。爱尔兰总统发言人没有立即回应置评请求。
“The COP31 outcome must communicate the urgency of action,” according to a draft document compiled by Ireland, which holds the rotating presidency of the bloc. A spokesperson for the Irish presidency didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
今年的峰会预计不会取得任何重大成果。该文件称,欧盟将专注于少数“切实的优先事项”,而不是达成一项总体政治协议。欧盟气候部长计划在下周于卢森堡举行的会议上就谈判立场达成一致。
This year’s summit isn’t expect to deliver a single major outcome. Instead of an overarching political agreement, the EU will focus on a small number of “tangible priorities,” according to the document. EU climate ministers are aiming to agree their negotiating position at a meeting in Luxembourg next week.
COP 31主席国土耳其宣布,其目标是到2035年将全球最终能源消费电气化率提高到35%。根据文件草案,欧盟将权衡这样的目标是否足够,或者是否应该以确保电力来自清洁来源为前提。
Turkey, the president of COP31, has announced its ambition to boost global electrification of final energy consumption to 35% by 2035. The EU will weigh whether such a goal is sufficient, or should be predicated on making sure electricity should come from clean sources, according to the draft document.