CNN互動英語 12月號/2018 第219期

詳細資訊

※點選附件zip檔，下載朗讀MP3

The Final Countdown
2030 災難性全球暖化降臨！？
Scientists Warn Climate Change Must Be Stopped by 2030
 
JIM SCIUTTO, CNN ANCHOR
A dire new report is warning that hurricanes could become more frequent and more extreme, and the world could face disastrous levels of global warming if nations do not make drastic changes within the next 12 years.
CNN’s Nick Watt joins me now live. Nick, one of the most shocking parts of this report is just how soon these experts are predicting that we could see major changes—in effect, saying time’s running out to address this.  

NICK WATT, CNN CORRESPONDENT
Absolutely. Listen, Jim, you know, climate change warnings often seem far-off and hard to imagine, but not today. This morning, the UN’s climate change panel released what its authors claim is the most important climate change report ever published, and they’re telling us that we need, quote, “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.”

Deadly wildfires from California to Greece, that record-setting rain just dumped by Hurricane Florence on the Carolinas, droughts crippling Cape Town, South Africa and heat waves turning Europe brown. And now, we have only 12 years to stop all this [from] getting much worse.

Average temperatures have risen about 1 degree Celsius since 1880. In Paris, leaders pledged to keep the rise well below 2 degrees. This report now suggests we aim for 1.5—a benchmark we’re predicted to reach by 2030. 


CNN主播  吉姆．修托
一份緊迫的新報告警告，颶風可能會變得愈來愈常出現、愈來愈極端，而且未來十二年內，各國如果不做出大刀闊斧的改變，那麼世界恐面臨災難等級的全球暖化。

本台記者尼克．瓦特與我們現場連線。尼克，這份報告最令人震驚的其中一部分，就是這些專家預測我們有可能在這麼快的時間內看到重大變化──實際上就是說已經快要沒有時間去因應這個問題了。

CNN特派員  尼克．瓦特
確實如此。吉姆，聽我說，氣候變遷警告往往感覺不著邊際又難以想像，但現在不一樣了。今天上午，聯合國的氣候變遷小組發布了一份其作者聲稱是有史以來最重要的氣候變遷報告，而且他們告訴我們，我們必須「在社會的各個層面都做出迅速、深遠且史無前例的改變。」

從加州到希臘的致命野火、佛羅倫斯颶風才在南北卡羅萊納州降下的破紀錄雨量、對南非開普敦造成嚴重損害的乾旱，以及把歐洲變成枯黃一片的熱浪。現在，我們只有十二年的時間可以阻止這一切更加惡化。

自從一八八○年以來，平均氣溫已經上升了攝氏一度左右。在巴黎，各國領袖承諾把氣溫上升幅度壓在兩度以下（編按：指2015年通過的巴黎協議之主要目標）。現在，這份報告建議我們把目標設在一點五度──我們預期會在二○三○年達到這個基準。

 

---

焦點話題

全球瞭望

結束70年敵對！南北韓簽署共同宣言 Mission: Kim-Possible

中美關稅重砲連發 消費者荷包有感Trading Blows

熱門金曲：亞莉安娜‧格蘭德《淚已流乾》NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY

強震、海嘯雙天災重創印尼Dual Disasters

Indonesia Struck by 7.5-Magnitude Earthquake and Tsunami

你知道嗎？你身邊許多東西其實源自太空科技！NASA Spin-Offs

首位環月觀光客即將升空！Fly Him to the Moon

聽懂CNN財經報導：委內瑞拉經濟崩盤 爆發難民潮What Caused the Venezuelan Economic Collapse?

2030災難性全球暖化降臨！？The Final Countdown

藝術品價格到底是怎麼訂出來的？The Price of Art

搖滾樂團主唱變身多元投資創業家Rockstar Entrepreneur

CNN主播教你唸：搖滾巨星

超級遊艇 富豪在海上的第二個家Luxury on the Seas

機師來導覽 一窺Airbus A220 駕駛艙Cleared for Takeoff

熱門強片：班恩回家 Ben Is Back

目錄列表