
Nurses are collapsing during shifts amid(在……之中,在……情况下) “inhumane(不人道的,残忍的) and impossible” conditions caused by extreme heat, their union has warned, as Andy Burnham promised to grapple(努力解决,设法对付) with “the bigger questions” of climate adaptation(气候适应).
护士工会警告称,由于极端高温造成的“不人道且难以忍受”的工作环境,护士们在值班期间纷纷晕倒。与此同时,安迪·伯纳姆承诺将着手处理气候适应的“更大问题”。
Amid growing pressure from Labour backbenches(后座议员(普通议员)) to fully acknowledge the urgency(紧迫性,紧急) of adaptation measures as the climate crisis bites(随着气候危机影响加剧), Burnham said he was for now(目前,暂时) focusing on the immediate crises caused by an ongoing(持续的,进行中的) summer of extreme heat.
随着气候危机日益严重,工党后座议员施加越来越大的压力,要求充分承认适应措施的紧迫性,伯纳姆表示,他目前正专注于应对持续极端高温夏季所造成的眼前危机。
Speaking after a meeting of the government’s Cobra emergency committee(英国政府紧急应变委员会), Burnham refused to say if the summer had made the case against(提出反对……的理由) renewed(重新开始的,恢复的) drilling(钻探(石油或天然气)) in the North Sea, which his government is considering.
在政府Cobra紧急委员会会议后发表讲话时,伯纳姆拒绝说明这个夏天是否构成了反对重启北海钻探的理由,而他的政府正在考虑这一事项。