Copenhagen Jargon 哥本哈根大會(huì)專用語

Adaptation 適應(yīng)機(jī)制
Adaptation is the term used to refer to the preparations countries will have to make to deal with climate change.
They includes measures such as protecting coastal areas by building sea walls, reforestation to try to prevent flooding, increasing water conservation and changing crops to varieties that flourish in warmer climates

Annex 1
The world's 37 richest countries, whose prosperity has been built on emitting carbon, as opposed to non-Annex 1, roughly categorised as blameless victims

CCS 碳捕獲和封存
Carbon Capture and Storage technology

CDM 清潔發(fā)展機(jī)制
Clean Development Mechanism which enables wealthy countries to offset their emissions by funding pollution-cutting measures in the developing world

COP15
The official name of the Copenhagen climate change summit — the 15th Conference of the Parties

CVF/V11
Climate Vulnerable Forum, the 11 nations most vulnerable to climate change, including Bangladesh and the Maldives.

IPCC 聯(lián)合國政府間氣候變化專門委員會(huì)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the all-important scientific body that advises the UN's climate negotiations

LDCF -最不發(fā)達(dá)國家基金
Least Developed Countries Fund, established to finance climate change intiatives in poorer countries

MEF 經(jīng)濟(jì)大國能源和氣候論壇
Major Economies' Forum, launched by President Barack Obama to help generate the politcal leadership necessary to achieve a successful outcome in Copenhagen.

UNFCCC 聯(lián)合國氣候變化綱要公約
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, a standing convention of officials and diplomats haggling over every comma of the final negotiating text.

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Things we?are talking about:

Carbon budgets 碳預(yù)算

Carbon tax 碳稅

Carbon footprint 碳足跡
A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).

Carbon intensity 碳濃度

Low-carbon technology? 低碳技術(shù)

Low-carbon development/growth?低碳發(fā)展

Low-carbon lifestyle?低碳生活方式

Switch to a "low-carbon economy" 發(fā)展“低碳經(jīng)濟(jì)”

Carbon intensive goods 碳密集產(chǎn)品

What we need:

污水治理 sewage treatment
生態(tài)旅游 ecotourism
無車日 car-free day?

Low-carbon alternatives：
可再生能源 renewable energy
綠色“生物燃料” biofuel
餾出燃料 Distillate fuel
地?zé)?ground-source heat
液化天然氣 liquefied natural gas
可燃冰 flammable ice

Geo-engineering 地球工程：
Geo-engineering methods are ways of artificially cooling the planet and offset the effects of climate change
The simplest of these is to plant forests but “artificial trees” are also being developed to suck up carbon. Other methods include launching giant mirrors into space to reflect back sunlight. There are also ongoing experiments in creating clouds by spraying sea water in the air and storing carbon dioxide underground.

What we are facing:

Plight 困境
Bad carbon scenario 令人憂心的碳排放狀況
A climate debt 虧欠地球、虧欠大自然的重債
Ship hazards 漂浮的冰山造成的威脅

What all these mean to us:

A wake-up call 警鐘已經(jīng)響起，環(huán)保迫在眉睫