The Cop31 summit must produce progress, “a tangible(切实的；有形的) outcome ... that people can see is real”, its host has said as scores of(许多；大量) world leaders and representatives of close to 190 countries gather in Turkey for the UN climate talks.
Cop31峰会东道主表示，本次峰会必须取得进展，即“人们看得见的切实成果”。此时，数十位世界领导人和近190个国家的代表正齐聚土耳其，参加联合国气候谈判。
The high-stakes meeting begins on Monday, as countries around the world grapple with the strongest El Niño weather system on record, supercharged by fossil fuels, which is set to take hundreds of thousands of lives and cause damage costing trillions of dollars.(这场高风险会议于周一开幕，此时世界各国正艰难应对有记录以来最强的厄尔尼诺天气系统，该系统因化石燃料而加剧，预计将夺去数十万人的生命，并造成数万亿美元的损失。)
这场高风险会议于周一开幕，此时世界各国正艰难应对有记录以来最强的厄尔尼诺天气系统。该系统因化石燃料而加剧，预计将夺去数十万人的生命，并造成数万亿美元的损失。
Friction is expected between the rich and poor worlds(富裕国家与贫穷国家) over who pays for the impacts of the climate crisis, and the slow pace of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Temperatures have broken records this year, surpass(超过；超越)ing the limit of 1.5C above preindustrial levels aimed for in the 2015 Paris climate agreement(《巴黎气候协定》).
预计富裕国家与贫穷国家之间将出现摩擦，分歧在于谁为气候危机的影响买单，以及温室气体减排步伐缓慢。今年气温已打破纪录，超过了2015年《巴黎气候协定》所设定的较工业化前水平升高1.5摄氏度的上限。