Twenty-one nations around the world recently joined forces to better understand and prevent greenhouse gas emissions from farms.
VOA: special.2010.01.05
Clearly, if I did nothing more, but I took every car, doubled its fuel economy, its emissions would go to 50% of what they are now, no other changes being made.
显然,如果我什么也不做,但是我把没量车的汽油价加倍,汽车废气排放量就会是现在的一半了,别的不会有什么改变。
And so I think we need to take action as soon as possible to start reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
所以我觉得我们需要尽快开始行动,减少二氧化碳排放。
The United States Department of Agriculture will increase spending on farm emissions research by ninety million dollars over the next four years.
VOA: special.2010.01.05
And so, when you think about how much cement concrete are consumed annually on the planet, this becomes a considerable point source of greenhouse gas emissions.
当你想到,在地球上每年要消耗多少的水泥混凝土的时候,这将是温室气体排放的,一个主要来源。
An official of the European Commission's Directorate General for Research says agricultural greenhouse gas emissions can be cut.
VOA: special.2010.01.05
In fact, if the other person is working hard, or is cutting back on their carbon emissions, you have every bit more incentive to not work hard or to keep high carbon emissions yourself.
实际上,如果其他人正在努力工作,或者正在尽量减少碳排量,你总会有想偷懒的动机,或者总是继续大量排碳
United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said no one single nation can fight agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and increase food production at the same time.
VOA: special.2010.01.05
the United States announced a target to reduce its emissions by 17% below 2005 levels in 2020.
美国宣布了到2020年实现在2005年的水平基础上减排17%的目标。
Experts say that agriculture provides fourteen percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions each year.
VOA: special.2010.01.05
and they also have a greater capacity to address their emissions than developing countries.
他们也比发展中国家更有能力解决排放能力。
So they are under extra pressure to reduce emissions from cars, factories and other sources.
VOA: special.2009.12.12
especially countries such as China and India where there are so many emissions
特别像中国还有印度这样的国家,它们的排放量一直很高,
By next month all countries are supposed to have plans for cutting emissions.
VOA: special.2009.12.26
Again, leaving aside the science, about which I'm sure some of you know more than me here, the issue of carbon emissions is a Prisoners' Dilemma.
抛开科学层面来说,我相信在座的一些同学比我知道的还多,碳排放问题也是个囚徒困境
The Mexican leader said the United States and Mexico must combine efforts to fight climate change and reduce carbon emissions.
VOA: standard.2009.04.17
So that's an equivalent of a return to 1990 level of emissions.
这相当于是回到1990年的排放水平。
Many countries have put proposals to reduce emissions on the table, including the United States, China and South Africa.
VOA: standard.2009.12.08
and so many emissions are going to keep coming from.
而且未来还会持续地增高。
The A.U.chairman said Africa is most vulnerable to climate change, despite accounting for only 3.5 percent of global greenhouse emissions.
VOA: standard.2009.10.13
Another example of this would be global warming and carbon emissions.
下一个囚徒困境的案例,是全球变暖和碳排量问题
"The good news is that when China sets its sights on reducing pollution,it has shown an extraordinary ability to reduce emissions."
VOA: standard.2010.04.07
You can talk about it as much as you like, but as long as you're going to go home and still drive your Hummer and have sixteen hot showers a day, we're still going to have high carbon emissions.
你可以在减排问题上一直高谈阔论,但当你回家时,你仍然会开着你的悍马,每天洗十六次热水澡,我们依然在大量排碳
The bill would require the nation's industries to reduce their carbon emissions by 83 percent over the next four decades.
VOA: standard.2010.04.21
I think developed countries both have larger historical emissions than developing countries,
我觉得发达国家历史上的排放比发展中国家多,
The report also said that climate change cannot be battled by relying exclusively on cutting emissions or market-based solutions.
VOA: standard.2009.09.01
which, if they continue on their current emissions trajectories,
如果他们继续像现在这样排放的话,
Unless carbon emissions are brought under control,he says, the challenge of adapting to global climate change will become ever more difficult.
VOA: standard.2010.06.14
Even if developed country emissions go to zero,
即使发达国家不排放,
The goal was to reach a legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for heating up the atmosphere.
VOA: standard.2009.12.06
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