非洲呼吁在土耳其举行的COP31国际峰会之前，对全球气候基金进行更大规模、更可预测的补充，并更加关注适应性资金。
Africa called for larger and more predictable replenishment of global-climate funds and a stronger focus on adaptation funding ahead of the COP31 international summit in Turkey.
自去年1月唐纳德·特朗普就任美国总统以来，以及欧洲国家将支出重点转向国防以来，捐助方已从国际气候组织撤回部分支持。
Since the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president in January last year and as European nations have re-prioritized spending toward defense, donors have withdrawn some support from international climate organizations.
今年早些时候，英国政府告诉全球最大的国家支持性融资机构——绿色气候基金（该基金为发展中国家的环境项目提供融资），其将把捐助额削减一半，即8.15亿英镑（10.9亿美元），而美国则在去年撤回了40亿美元的承诺。
Earlier this year, the UK government told the Green Climate Fund, the world’s biggest state-backed vehicle for financing developing nations’ environmental projects, it would cut its contribution by half, or £815 million ($1.09 billion), while the US rescinded $4 billion in pledges last year.
南非环境部长大卫·梅尼尔在周一于约翰内斯堡举行的阐明该国COP31优先事项的活动上表示：“我们需要对绿色私人基金和全球环境设施进行雄心勃勃且可预测的补充。”
We “need ambitious and predictable replenishments of the Green Private Fund and the Global Environment Facility,” David Maynier, South Africa’s environment minister, said at an event in Johannesburg setting out the country’s priorities for COP31 on Friday.
近年来，南非一直是全球南方国家中积极倡导增加气候倡议资金的声音，主张美国、欧洲以及多边组织应增加对气候倡议的资助。与此同时，南非的经济是二十国集团中碳排放最密集的国家之一，且其未能实现最初关闭部分燃煤电厂的目标。
South Africa has been a vocal proponent from the Global South in recent years, advocating for an increase in funding for climate initiatives from the US and Europe as well as multilateral organizations. At the same time it’s economy is the most carbon intensive of the Group of 20 nations and it has missed initial targets for closing down some of its coal-fired power plants.
梅尼尔表示，需要将更多资金用于应对全球变暖的后果，包括干旱、洪水和气旋。南非支持去年COP会议达成的计划，即到2035年将全球适应性融资提高三倍至1200亿美元。
Maynier said more money needs to be directed toward adaptation to the consequences of a warming world, including droughts, floods and cyclones. South Africa backs the plan, agreed at the COP last year, to triple adaption finance globally to $120 billion by 2035.
该部门在一份演示文稿中表示，比勒陀利亚将支持建立一个监测实现该目标的进程。南非将继续推动发达国家向发展中国家提供更多气候援助，并表示应将联合国监督下的全球碳市场的一些财务收益渠道至国际适应基金。
Pretoria will support establishing a process to monitor reaching that goal, the department said in a presentation. South Africa will continue to push for for developed countries to provide more climate assistance to developing nations and said some of the financial proceeds of a United Nations-supervised global carbon market should be channeled to an international adaptation fund.
“作为代表团负责人，我们首次关注到这些适应问题和全球目标，”环境部副总干事马塞拉·凯卡纳说。
“For the first time, all of us as the heads of delegations, are paying attention to these issues of adaptation, the global goal,” said Maesela Kekana, a deputy director-general at the environment department.
南非因今年早些时候洪水损坏了克鲁格国家公园的设施和基础设施，已向美国的损失与损害基金申请2000万美元，梅尼尔说。
South Africa has applied for $20 million from the US’s Loss and Damage Fund after floods damaged facilities and infrastructure in its Kruger National Park earlier this year, Maynier said.