THE CLIMATE does not care where the carbon dioxide accumulating(累积) in the atmosphere comes from. It simply takes note of(注意到、留意) how much there is and dispenses(分配、施予) weather accordingly.
气候并不关心大气中累积的二氧化碳来自哪里。它只关注二氧化碳的总量，并据此分配天气。
The humans who have to live with(忍受、接受) that changing weather need to take a slightly more nuanced(细致入微的) view. Less carbon dioxide being emitted is good. Less carbon dioxide being emitted because of structural change—change that should decrease emissions further in years to come—is better.(因结构性变化而减少的二氧化碳排放则更好。)
不得不忍受天气变化的人类则需要采取稍微更细致的视角。二氧化碳排放减少是好事。而因结构性变化——这种变化应会在未来数年进一步减少排放——而带来的排放减少，则是更好的事。
According to the Global Carbon Budget(全球碳预算项目), a consortium(联合组织、财团) that monitors the carbon cycle, carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil fuels will fall by 0.4% in 2026. That compares with an average rise of 0.8% a year over the past seven years. The fall is driven in large part(在很大程度上) by decreases in Chinese emissions. These, as we report in the China section, have been dropping all year. In the third quarter they fell by 3.1% year-on-year(同比), the largest such fall since the covid lockdowns(新冠疫情封锁).
据监测碳循环的联合组织“全球碳预算”称，2026年化石燃料产生的二氧化碳排放将下降0.4%。相比之下，过去七年年均上升0.8%。这一下降在很大程度上由中国排放减少所推动。正如我们在中国版块所报道的，中国排放全年持续下降。第三季度同比下降3.1%，为疫情封锁以来最大降幅。