The once - poor world is scouring the earth for mineral rights , trying to buy californian oil firms , accounting for ever more carbon emissions and making its weight felt in international negotiations on everything from trade to proliferation to the secretary - generalship of the united nations 曾经贫穷的世界正在寻求地球上资源的开采权,设法购买加利福尼亚的石油公司,占有更多的二氧化碳的排放量和在国际谈判的各个方面展现其分量,从贸易到核扩散到联合国秘书长的事务。
In the uk , we are on track to meet our kyoto commitments for greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide emissions , and we are pursuing an energetic programme to cut emissions further through ambitious policies in areas like transport , housing , planning , and energy 在英国,我们已经逐步接近在《京都协定》中承诺要达到的目标,减少温室气体和二氧化碳的排放。我们正在实施一项富有活力的计划,通过在运输、住房、规划、能源等领域推行设想大胆的一些政策进一步降低废气排放。
My attention was piqued on february 8 when 86 leading evangelical christians ? the last cohort i expected to get on the environmental bandwagon ? issued the evangelical climate initiative calling for “ national legislation requiring sufficient economy - wide reductions ” in carbon emissions 第一个唤起我注意的,是86位重要的福音派基督徒(最没料到会搭上环境乐队花车的一帮人)在2月8日发表了一份福音气候方案,呼吁在二氧化碳的排放量上,要以国家立法要求各经济领域都要有显著的降低。
At a two - week conference in morocco last month , negotiators from 165 countries agreed on rules for implementing the 1997 kyoto protocol , which calls on about 40 industrialized nations to limit carbon emissions or cut them to below 1990 levels . the united states , the world ' s largest polluter , has rejected the accord 上个月在摩洛哥举行了为期两周的讨论会,来自165个国家的谈判代表表示将严格执行1997年在日本制定的京都议定书,并呼吁世界上近40个工业国家将二氧化碳的排放量控制在1990年的水平以下。
" the planet does not respond to emissions , the planet responds to the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere , " said apt . " it means the u . s . will have the lion ' s share of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for the foreseeable future "地球并不会因为排放多少而改变,地球反应的是在大气中二氧化碳的总量, "艾普特说. "那表示美国在可见的未来都有像狮子一样多的分配量.事实上,甚至如果中国的指数成长持续,中国在二氧化碳的排放量都不能超越美国,那重点是,直到至少2050年,那已经来不及做任何事情了