Holding a climate conference under the presidency of one coal-obsessed country might be regarded as a misfortune for the planet – sharing it between two starts to look provocative.(由一个痴迷煤炭的国家主持气候大会，对地球来说或许已是不幸——而由两个这样的国家共同主办，就更显得挑衅。) But at this year’s Cop31 UN climate summit in Antalya, coal exporter Australia and coal consumer Turkey will be trying to shift the focus away from(将焦点从……转移开) dirty fossil fuels and towards clean electricity, with a target on the table(被提出供讨论的) to meet 35% of final energy demand from electricity by 2035.
由一个痴迷煤炭的国家主持气候大会，对地球来说或许已是不幸——而由两个这样的国家共同主办，就更显得挑衅。但在今年于安塔利亚举行的Cop31联合国气候峰会上，煤炭出口国澳大利亚和煤炭消费国土耳其将试图把焦点从肮脏的化石燃料转向清洁电力，并提出了到2035年电力满足35%终端能源需求的目标。
Will they succeed? The geopolitical(地缘政治的) outlook for Cop31 is worse than for almost any recent “conference of the parties” under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC(《联合国气候变化框架公约》)). Conflicts in Ukraine, Iran and Gaza are destabilising global alliances, an unpredictable White House is sowing economic uncertainty and AI is threatening to unleash digitised chaos.(乌克兰、伊朗和加沙的冲突正在动摇全球联盟，难以预测的白宫正在播撒经济不确定性，人工智能则可能释放出数字化的混乱。)
他们会成功吗？Cop31的地缘政治前景比近期《联合国气候变化框架公约》（UNFCCC）下几乎任何一届“缔约方会议”都要糟糕。乌克兰、伊朗和加沙的冲突正在动摇全球联盟，难以预测的白宫正在播撒经济不确定性，人工智能则可能释放出数字化的混乱。
But with an El Niño weather system supercharged by fossil fuels already wreaking havoc and yet to peak, the climate is showing where the real potential for earthbound catastrophe lies.(但一个被化石燃料“超级充电”的厄尔尼诺天气系统已经在肆虐，且尚未达到顶峰，气候正在表明真正可能造成地球灾难的根源在哪里。) For the next fortnight(两周), Down to Earth will bring you twice-weekly updates from the Cop31 negotiations plus, when the gavel finally comes down(当最终敲槌之时), a final assessment of what progress has been made – and where negotiations have fallen short in Antalya.
但一个被化石燃料“超级充电”的厄尔尼诺天气系统已经在肆虐，且尚未达到顶峰，气候正在表明真正可能造成地球灾难的根源在哪里。在接下来的两周里，《脚踏实地》将每周两次为您带来Cop31谈判的最新进展，并在最终敲槌之时，对取得的进展以及安塔利亚谈判的不足之处做出最终评估。