中国最高环境官员指出，8月尼泊尔发生的致命冰川崩塌和洪水，是对气候变化风险加速的紧急警示，此番表态正值世界领导人和外交官筹备年度全球气候谈判之际。
China’s top environment official pointed to August’s deadly glacial collapse and flooding in Nepal as an urgent warning about the accelerating risks of climate change, as world leaders and diplomats prepare for annual global talks.
“不久前在尼泊尔边境发生的一次冰岩雪崩，再次为我们敲响了警钟，”生态环境部部长黄润秋周三在香港举行的“地球同一家”峰会上表示。“气候变化不是潜在的危险，而是人类当下面临的现实风险。”这场灾难在尼泊尔造成1400多人死亡，在西藏造成43人死亡，引发了关于气候融资和灾害救援是否充分的新一轮辩论——这些议题定于下月在土耳其安塔利亚举行的联合国主办的第31届缔约方大会（COP31）上进行辩论。
“An ice-rock avalanche that occurred not long ago along the Nepal border has once again sounded the alarm for us,” Ecology and Environment Minister Huang Runqiu said Wednesday at the One Earth Summit in Hong Kong. “Climate change is not a potential danger, but a real risk facing humanity today.”The disaster, which killed more than 1,400 people in Nepal and 43 in Tibet, has prompted fresh debate about the adequacy of climate finance and disaster relief — issues scheduled to be debated next month at the United Nations-convened COP31 summit in Antalya, Turkey.
作为亚洲最贫穷的国家之一，尼泊尔估计初步经济损失和损害总额至少为26.9亿美元，长期恢复和重建需求可能约为47.1亿美元。本月早些时候，一个旨在帮助发展中国家从气候灾害中恢复的联合国基金同意为尼泊尔预留约2000万美元。
Nepal, one of Asia’s poorest countries, estimates initial economic loss and damage totals at least $2.69 billion, with longer-term recovery and reconstruction requirements likely to be about $4.71 billion. A UN fund set up to help developing countries recover from climate disasters earlier this month agreed to reserve about $20 million for Nepal.
中国已成为全球主要的气候融资提供国，并在洪水发生后立即向邻国提供了200万美元的直接双边援助。即便如此，中国和其他国家仍面临尼泊尔要求提供更多资助的压力。
China has become a major provider of climate finance globally and offered its neighbor $2 million in direct bilateral assistance immediately after flooding. Even so, China and other nations have come under pressure from Nepal to contribute more.
作为世界第二大经济体，中国长期坚持认为自身能力有限，因为其本身也是一个发展中国家，这令希望中国做出更多贡献的气候倡导者感到沮丧。
The world’s No. 2 economy has long insisted its capacity is limited because of its own status as a developing country, a source of frustration for climate advocates who want the nation to do more.
黄润秋在演讲中还表示，中国通过降低有助于应对气候变化的绿色技术成本，正在协助全球能源转型。
China is also assisting the global energy transition by lowering costs of green technologies that help combat climate change, Huang said in his speech.
黄润秋表示：“我们将利用中国超大规模市场和丰富应用场景的优势，加速清洁技术升级迭代，持续降低成本，助力全球南方共享绿色发展红利，更好支撑全球能源转型和南南合作。”
“We will leverage the advantages of China’s vast market and wide range of real-world applications to accelerate the upgrading of clean technologies and keep driving down costs, helping the Global South share in the benefits of green development and better supporting the global energy transition and South-South cooperation,” Haung said.
黄润秋引用官方此前使用的估算数据称，2021年至2025年中国出口的风电、光伏产品帮助世界在海外避免了约41亿吨二氧化碳排放。
Chinese wind and solar products exported between 2021 and 2025 helped the world avoid about 4.1 billion metric tons of carbon emissions overseas, Huang said, citing an official estimate used previously by officials.