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.

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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).

Carbon intensity 碳浓度

Low-carbon technology  低碳技术

Low-carbon development/growth 低碳发展

Low-carbon lifestyle 低碳生活方式

Switch to a "low-carbon economy" 发展“低碳经济”

Carbon intensive goods 碳密集产品

What we need:

污水治理 sewage treatment
生态旅游 ecotourism
无车日 car-free day 

Low-carbon alternatives：
可再生能源 renewable energy
绿色“生物燃料” biofuel
馏出燃料 Distillate fuel
地热 ground-source heat
液化天然气 liquefied natural gas
可燃冰 flammable ice

Geo-engineering 地球工程：
Geo-engineering methods are ways of artificially cooling the planet and offset the effects of climate change
The simplest of these is to plant forests but “artificial trees” are also being developed to suck up carbon. Other methods include launching giant mirrors into space to reflect back sunlight. There are also ongoing experiments in creating clouds by spraying sea water in the air and storing carbon dioxide underground.

What we are facing:

Plight 困境
Bad carbon scenario 令人忧心的碳排放状况
A climate debt 亏欠地球、亏欠大自然的重债
Ship hazards 漂浮的冰山造成的威胁

What all these mean to us:

A wake-up call 警钟已经响起，环保迫在眉睫