Kerry Urges Strong Agreement on Climate Change Ahead of Paris Conference
Justin Worland Oct. 18, 2015
'Failure is not an option'
Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday
urged leaders from around the world to agree to strong measures to address
climate change. The speech comes just six weeks before a United Nations
conference that diplomats expect to yield the most significant international
agreement on the issue ever reached.
In his address, Kerry joined a chorus of
climate change advocates who paint the negotiations as an opportunity to
transition the world to a low-carbon economy in which investment dollars flow
into renewable energy sources and other technology to stem global warming.
“We need every country on the same page,
all pushing for an ambitious, durable, and inclusive agreement that will
finally put us on the path towards a global clean-energy future,” Kerry said in
a speech in Milan. “Failure is not an option.”
Kerry dismissed the notion that climate
change can be addressed by future generations, arguing that global security
hangs in the balance of the negotiations. Specifically, he pointed the refugee
crisis in Syria as a situation that has been exacerbated by climate change. In
the future, drought and sea-level rise will have even more dramatic impacts
barring action, Kerry said.
“I’m
not telling you that the crisis in Syria was caused by climate change,” he
said. “But the devastating drought clearly made a bad situation a lot worse.”
The U.N. conference,
which begins next month, has been described as the last opportunity to craft an
agreement that will forestall some of the worst effects of climate change. Over
the past several months, countries from around the world have submitted plans
to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades. An agreement at
this year’s conference aims to build upon those commitments and create a
structure to monitor and improve upon them.
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Keywords：
1. diplomat：外交官
2. chorus：齊聲、異口同聲
3. advocate：提倡、主張
4. transition：轉變
5. notion：想法
6. exacerbate：使惡化
7. drought：乾旱
8. devastating：毀滅性的
9. forestall：預先阻止
10. emission：排放
Protecting the Earth and preventing global warming is not just a national responsibility but the whole world. In order for our future generations to have a good environment, it is necessary to do a good job in saving energy and reducing carbon emissions.
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