
COP31领导人呼吁将气候行动作为一项经济计划,称其可以降低生活成本、支持就业并增强安全。
COP31 leaders are urging climate action as an economic plan, saying it can cut living costs, support jobs and strengthen security.
联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯表示,化石燃料进口使各国面临价格冲击,而联合国气候事务负责人西蒙·斯蒂尔警告称,能源混乱和气候灾难正在推动通胀。
UN chief Antonio Guterres said fossil fuel imports leave countries open to price shocks, while UN climate chief Simon Stiell warned energy chaos and climate disasters are driving inflation.
前美国国务卿约翰·克里和欧盟官员丹·约根森表示,这一新信息可能赢得更广泛的支持,甚至包括气候怀疑论者,因为它强调了安全与稳定。
Former US State secretary John Kerry and EU official Dan Jorgensen said the new message could win wider support, even from climate sceptics, by stressing security and stability.
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这一信息在年度联合国会议的走廊和全体会议舞台上反复传达,反映了组织者试图吸引那些正与危机作斗争、将全球变暖排在优先事项之后的政府的努力。
The message, being repeated in the hallways and on the plenary stage of the annual UN conference, reflects efforts by organisers to capture the attention of governments wrestling with crises that have pushed global warming down the list of priorities.
其中包括部分由伊朗战争爆发以来中东原油运输中断所推动的高企通胀。
Among those is rampant inflation driven in part by disruptions to Middle East crude oil shipments since the onset of the Iran war.
从燃料到食品的消费者价格压力是美国中期选举的主要驱动力之一,该选举使民主党掌控了国会,也是欧洲、亚洲及其他地区领导人的一大脆弱点。
Consumer price pressures from fuel to food were a major driver in the US midterm elections that handed control of Congress to Democrats, and are an important vulnerability for leaders across Europe, Asia and elsewhere.
“四分之三的人类生活在进口化石燃料的国家,成为他们未制造也无法控制的价格冲击的人质,”联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯在11月11日出席峰会的世界领导人面前表示。
“Three-quarters of humanity live in countries that import fossil fuels, hostage to price shocks they did not create and cannot control,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders attending the summit on Nov 11.
“最近的冲突表明,这是一种导致长期不安全和生活成本崩溃的配方,”他补充道,并表示明确的解决方案是转向可再生能源。联合国气候办公室负责人西蒙·斯蒂尔也提出了同样的观点。
“Recent conflicts make clear that this is a recipe for chronic insecurity and a cost-of-living meltdown,” he added, saying the clear solution is a shift to renewable energy. Simon Stiell, head of the UN’s climate office, made the same point.
“今天,全球能源市场的混乱和气候灾难正在加剧通胀,冲击政府预算,推高家庭账单,降低生活水平,”他在会议上表示。
“Today, chaos in global energy markets and climate disasters are supercharging inflation, slamming government budgets, pushing household bills up and living standards down,” he told the conference.
“化石燃料依赖的政治代价是无情的。气候行动有助于缓解压力,”他说。
“The political costs of fossil fuel dependency are unforgiving. Climate action can help relieve the pressures,” he said.
约翰·克里是一位前美国国务卿,数十年来一直倡导气候行动,他说他喜欢对这一问题的重新表述。
John Kerry, a former US secretary of state who has been advocating for climate action for decades, said he likes the reframing of the issue.
近年来,气候变化已成为一个极具分歧的政治问题,包括在美国。总统唐纳德·特朗普在2025年,在将全球变暖称为骗局之后,让世界历史上温室气体排放量最大的国家退出了国际气候合作。
Climate change has become a massively divisive political issue in recent years, including in the United States. President Donald Trump withdrew in 2025 the world’s top historical greenhouse gas emitter from international climate cooperation after calling warming a hoax.
“我认为所有从事气候工作的人都需要改变谈论它的方式,”克里在峰会边会对记者说。
“I think everybody who is working on climate needs to change the way they talk about it,” Kerry told reporters on the sidelines of the summit.
“我认为,安全、健康、就业、社区稳定和粮食供应,这些都是非常现实的问题,在我与人们交谈时,他们非常关注,”他说。
“I think that grouping of security, health, jobs, stability of communities and food supply are all very real and very much on people’s minds when I talk to them,” he said.
欧洲能源专员丹·约根森表示,这种方法可能有助于为行动建立共识,甚至可能包括气候怀疑论者。
European energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen said the approach could help build a consensus for action that could even include climate sceptics.
“因为即使你不相信气候变化,而我显然相信,我们应该能够同意,摆脱对化石燃料的依赖出于安全原因是非常明智的,”他说。
“Because even if you don’t believe in climate change, which I obviously do, we should be able to agree that moving away from a dependency on fossils is extremely smart for security reasons,” he said.