ziluyingzi08 - 2009-12-14 16:24:00
Copenhagen Jargon 哥本哈根大会专用语
Adaptation 适应机制
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 碳捕获和封存
Carbon Capture and Storage technology
CDM 清洁发展机制
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 联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the all-important scientific body that advises the UN's climate negotiations
LDCF -最不发达国家基金
Least Developed Countries Fund, established to finance climate change intiatives in poorer countries
MEF 经济大国能源和气候论坛
Major Economies' Forum, launched by President Barack Obama to help generate the politcal leadership necessary to achieve a successful outcome in Copenhagen.
UNFCCC 联合国气候变化纲要公约
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, a standing convention of officials and diplomats haggling over every comma of the final negotiating text.
Things we are talking about:
Carbon budgets 碳预算
Carbon tax 碳税
Carbon footprint 碳足迹
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).