G20承諾支持綠色氣候基金
The US and EU have overcome resistance from Australia and Saudi Arabia at the G20 summit to commit the world’s biggest economies to backing a fund to tackle the effects of global warming in poor countries.
在上週末舉行的20國集團(G20)峯會上，美國和歐盟(EU)成功克服來自澳大利亞和沙特阿拉伯的阻力，讓這些全球最大經濟體承諾支持一項基金，以解決全球變暖對貧窮國家的影響。In talks described by one EU official as “trench warfare”, G20 leaders also agreed yesterday to urge countries to make promises on their plans to reduce emissions post-2020 as soon as possible.
在被歐盟官員形容爲“塹壕戰”的談判中，參加G20峯會的領導人昨日還同意敦促各國儘快就2020之後的減排計劃做出承諾。
“We support strong and effective action to address climate change,” said the communiqué, which urges nations to come forward with specific pledges to cut emissions by the first quarter of 2015 ahead of next November’s UN climate change summit in Paris.
G20峯會公報稱：“我們支持應對氣候變化的強力有效舉措。”該公報督促各國，趕在明年11月在巴黎召開的聯合國氣候變化大會前，在2015年第一季度提出具體的減排承諾。
Australia, which hosted the G20 meeting, had tried to keep a discussion of climate change off the summit agenda. However, Canberra’s efforts proved fruitless when US president Barack Obama pledged $3bn to the green climate fund – an initiative to provide aid to poor countries to help them cope with the effects of climate change – and urged other countries to follow suit.
本屆G20峯會的主辦國——澳大利亞，此前一直試圖將有關氣候變化的討論踢出峯會議程。不過，美國總統巴拉克•奧巴馬(Barack Obama)承諾將向綠色氣候基金(Green Climate Fund)捐資30億美元，並敦促其他國家也加入其中，這讓澳大利亞的努力付諸東流。綠色氣候基金旨在向貧窮國家提供援助，幫助其應對氣候變化所帶來的影響。Japan pledged a further $1.5bn to the UN-backed green climate fund, which aims to help developing countries cope with the challenges posed by climate change. The UK offered $1bn more, bringing the total to $8.5bn and within sight of a $10bn target.
日本承諾將爲聯合國支持的綠色氣候基金捐資15億美元。設立該基金是爲了幫助發展中國家應對氣候變化帶來的挑戰。英國將出資10億美元，使該基金目前募集的資金總額達到85億美元，接近100億美元的募資目標。In an embarrassing intervention for Tony Abbott, Australia’s prime minister, on the sidelines of the summit, Mr Obama issued a direct call to Australia to combat global warming.
在G20峯會期間，奧巴馬直接向澳大利亞呼籲抗擊全球變暖，對澳大利亞總理託尼•阿博特(Tony Abbott)來說，這是一次令人尷尬的干預。
