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通往低碳未来之路

Pathways to a low-carbon future

中国具有诸多潜在的可持续发展之路，但无一能轻松实现。这是王韬和吉姆•沃森最近发表的一份报告所得出的结论，该报告详述了走向2100年的一系列低碳情景。

China has a number of potential sustainable development paths, but none of them will be easy to achieve. This is the conclusion of a recent report by Wang Tao and Jim Watson, which develops a set of low-carbon scenarios to 2100.

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巴西反对碳密度计划


Brazil opposes carbon-intensity plan


巴西一位高级气候磋商代表告诉路透社，巴西希望富裕及贫穷国家的历史性排碳量成为新的温室气体污染指标，而非基于与国内生产总值挂钩的碳密度计划。何塞·米格茲说，中国、印度、南非都会在日后的会议支持历史性的排碳计划。他并补充："温室效应并非源自排碳"，而是由于二氧化碳积聚在大气中。

Brazil wants historic emissions of rich and poor nations -- rather than “carbon intensity” proposals linked to GDP -- to be the basis for new greenhouse-gas pollution targets, the country's top climate negotiator told Reuters. China, India and South Africa also will back the historic-emissions proposal in upcoming talks, José Miguez said, adding that “the greenhouse effect is not caused by emissions” but by their accumulation in the atmosphere.

格陵兰附近海冰创八百年来最低


Ice near Greenland at “800-year low”


据«科学日报»援引一份发表于«气候动力学»杂志的研究指出，在格陵兰与挪威斯瓦尔巴特群岛之间北冰洋上的海冰目前处于十三世纪以来最低的水平。这项丹麦发现是以自然本身气候的“档案”，冰核、树木年轮、船只航海日志和港口记录为基础。

Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago is now at its lowest level since the 13th century, according to research published in the journal Climate Dynamics, according to ScienceDaily. The Danish findings are based on nature’s own climate “archive” – ice cores and tree rings – as well as ships’ log books and harbour records.

中国驳回美国的关税议案


China rejects US bill’s tariff plan


据路透社报导，中国反对美国国会一项具里程碑意义议案的部分内容，该议案的目的是减少温室气体排放。中国副外长何亚非说，关税不应加诸在不减排的国家。他重申："我们坚决反对这种借口气候变化，以求推进贸易保护主义的行为。"

China said it opposes part of a landmark bill in the United States Congress to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, Reuters reported. Tariffs should not be imposed on countries that do not cut their emissions, according to vice-foreign minister He Yafei, who reiterated: “We are firmly against such attempts to advance trade protectionism under the pretext of climate change.”

土耳其可能重启伊利索大坝项目


Turkey may restart Ilisu dam project


据英国«卫报»援引土耳其环境部长维塞．埃尔奥卢的说法指出，在长达六个月的资金冻结之后，土耳其计划重启位于格里斯河上，颇受争议的伊利索大坝水力发电项目。去年十二月，发对者认为此项目具有潜在的致命冲击，反对兴建伊利索大坝。他们认为此项目将造成上千万人无家可归、破坏动物栖息地，淹没珍贵的考古财富。

Turkey plans to resume work on the controversial Ilisu hydroelectric dam project on the river Tigris, following a six-month funding suspension, the Guardian reported, quoting environment minister Veysel Eroglu. Campaigners against the dam – who believed it had sustained a potentially fatal blow last December -- argue that it would displace tens of thousands of people, destroy habitats and drown priceless archaeological treasures.

报道指尼日利亚受石油"诅咒"


Nigeria “cursed” by oil, report says


据法新社援引国际特赦组织的一项研究报道，尼日利亚半世纪以来因开采石油而造成的污染，是世界上最令人不安的资源诅咒实例之一。该组织称，尼日利亚南部石油产区的环境污染剥夺了数以千万的人取得安全食物、干净饮用水及健康的基本权利。

The pollution caused by a half-century of oil extraction in Nigeria is one of the world's most disturbing examples of the curse of natural resources, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a study by Amnesty International. Environmental pollution in Nigeria's southern oil region, the organisation said, had deprived tens of millions of people of their basic rights to safe food, clean water and good health.

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春芽:新书掠影 offshoots

《20亿辆汽车》


“Two Billion Cars”


书名是《20亿辆汽车》，副标题的表述则相当乐观：“驶向可持续发展”，听起来有点儿像从采伐林木走向生物多样性。好吧，地球上已有10亿多辆汽车了，而且本书的两位作者——能源和交通专家丹尼尔•斯珀林和黛博拉•戈登预计，在几十年内，这一数字势必增加到20亿辆（主要由中国和印度推动）。

Or, as the subtitle rather optimistically puts it, Driving Towards Sustainability. Sounds a bit like tree-felling towards biodiversity. Well, there are already more than one billion cars on the planet, and these authors -- energy and transport mavens Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon -- see an inevitable rise (largely driven by China and India) to two billion in a few decades. How to minimise their impact on the climate?

人•成语•环境


“Man, Idiom and Environment”


《人•成语•环境》是一本构思新颖，创意独特的环境保护散文集。 本书没有传统的章节，只是由汉语中的一系列与环境相关的成语联想到了一系列的环境问题，以通俗、流畅、优美的文学语言描述环境问题产生的原因和对人类的危害性，介绍环境保护科学知识和政策法规知识。比如在“女娲补天”这篇文章里面，既介绍了这个中国古代的美丽传说，又讲述了臭氧层被破坏的现状、原因以及国际社会对此做出的种种努力。

Yao Youwei’s Man, Idiom and Environment is a unique collection of essays on environmental protection. Written without traditional chapters, it uses a series of Chinese idioms relevant to the environment as the starting point for a discussion of environmental problems and the challenge they present to humanity. The book also serves as an introduction to environmental science and policy.

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