气候变化  climate change
减缓和适应气候变化  to mitigate and adapt to climate change
全球变暖   global warming
脆弱性评估  vulnerability assessment
累积碳排放  cumulative carbon emissions
世界的主要碳排放国   the world's major carbon-emitting nations
排放大国   major emitters
人均碳排放最多的国家   the biggest carbon emitter per person
减排要求  emissions-cutting requirements
气候变化的不确定性   the uncertainty surrounding climate change
高碳行业   carbon-intensive industries
高碳能源   carbon-intensive energy sources
低碳技术  low-carbon technology
无碳能源   carbon-free energy
汽车碳排放   automotive carbon emissions
零排放电力来源   zero-emission power sources
森林碳汇    forest carbon sink
推卸其应该履行的对发展中国家的义务   to shirk responsibilities that should be assumed towards developing countries
永久冻土层正在融化   the permafrost is melting
冰川   glacier
冰河世纪   the Ice Age
冰盖  ice sheet
冰帽  ice cap
冰核   ice core
六氟化硫   sulphur hexafluride
绝对减排量  absolute cuts in emissions
极地冰帽融化提高海平面  melting polar ice caps raise ocean levels
碳减排项目   carbon-abatement projects
哥本哈根气候变化峰会   the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change
非碳能源   non-carbon energy sources
鉴于气候的复杂性  given the climate's complexity
可测量、可报告、可核实    measurable, reportable and verifiable
三可  MRV
有约束力的量化指标    binding quantitative targets
额外性  additionality
海冰融化  melting sea ice
北极冻原   the Arctic tundra
温室气体排放的最大来源是发电  the biggest source of greenhouse-gas emissions is electricity generation
减少发电的排放   to cut emissions from electricity production
气候灾难   a climate disaster
吸热气体  heat-trapping gases
甲烷  methane
毁林占全球排放的20%   deforestation accounts for 20% of global emissions
单位GDP的排放量   emissions per unit of GDP
确定碳强度的指标   to set a carbon intensity target
碳强度   carbon intensity
清洁发展机制  the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
历史排放   historic emissions
当前排放  current emissions
全球碳排放   global carbon emissions
巴厘路线图  the Bali Roadmap
共同但有区别的责任  common but differentiated responsibilites
《京都议定书》    the Kyoto Protocol
《京都议定书》的后续协议   a successor to the Kyoto Protocol
1993年《联合国气候变化框架公约》  the 1993 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会  the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
泥炭地   peat lands
化石燃料的燃烧释放温室气体   the burning of fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases
国际气候变化谈判   international climate change negotiations
将二氧化碳深埋地下  to bury carbon dioxide deep underground
实现经济的去碳化  to decarbonise the economy
一氧化二碳  nitrous oxide