气候是人类赖以生存的自然环境,是经济社会可持续发展的重要基础资源。以气候变暖为主要特征的全球气候变化已是不争的事实。 Climate is the natural environment which the mankind depends on for living and the important basic resources for sustainable economic and social development. The global climate change, mainly characterized by climate warming, is an unequivocal reality.
气候变化导致灾害性气候事件频发,冰川和积雪融化加速,水资源分布失衡,生物多样性受到威胁,对人类经济社会生活和可持续发展带来深刻和长远的影响。 Climate change leads to frequent occurrence of disastrous climate events, accelerated melting of glaciers and snow covers, unbalanced distribution of water resources and endangered biodiversity, and has profound and long-lasting impact on economic and social livelihood and sustainable development of human beings.
可以说,气候和气候变化问题,从来没有像今天这样受到各国政府的高度关切和重视,从来没有像今天这样受到全球民众的高度关心和忧虑,从来没有像今天这样受到各类国际组织的高度关注和思考。 Never before have the issues of climate and climate change received so much concern and attention from all governments, been so much cared and worried about by people around the world, and been so much focused on and thought about by various international organizations.
气候变化问题事关人类的福祉和全球的可持续发展,需要国际社会共同积极应对。 The issue of climate change calls for common and active responses from the international community, as it concerns the well-being of all peoples and the global sustainable development.
中国是一个气候条件复杂、生态环境脆弱、自然灾害频发、易受气候变化影响的国家。 China, with complex climatic conditions, fragile ecological environment and frequent natural disasters, is vulnerable to climate change.
气候变化是人类面临的共同挑战。中国是世界上最大的发展中国家,尽管面临着发展经济、消除贫困、改善民生的艰巨任务,仍高度重视气候变化问题。 Climate change is the common challenge faced by the mankind. As the largest developing country in the world, China faces enormous tasks in developing its economy, eradicating poverty and improving people's livelihood, but it still attaches great importance to climate change.
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