VOA常速英语:Looking Back -- Climate Change Mitigation Milestones(翻译)

From the very beginning of his Administration, addressing climate change has been one of President Barack Obama’s top priorities.Looking back today, the Obama Administration’s eight year quest to lead global efforts to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions has been a historic success.
前总统巴拉克·奥巴马执政之初，解决气候变化问题就成为他的首要任务之一。今天回顾过去，奥巴马在其8年执政生涯中寻求领导全球力量减少有害温室气体排放已经取得了历史性的成功。

In December 2015, the world came together to adopt the Paris Agreement on climate change.The Paris Agreement establishes a long-term, durable global framework to set the world on a course to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the most dangerous levels of climate change.International cooperation with China was key to ensuring the success of Paris.The United States and 122 other countries have joined the Paris Agreement,which entered into force in November 2016, faster than all but a handful of international agreements.
2015年12月，世界各国汇聚一起正式通过关于气候变化的巴黎协定。巴黎协定建立了一个长期、持久的全球框架，将世界带上了减少全球温室气体排放和减缓气候变化最危险情况的进程。与中国进行国际合作是确保成功达成协定的关键。美国和其他122个国家加入巴黎协定，该协定于2016年11月生效，其生效速度比大多数国际协定的生效速度都快。

As Secretary of State John Kerry stated:“We have sent a powerful message to governments, to the private sector, to citizens everywhere that we are entering a new era in which reliance on fossil fuels is reduced while greener and cleaner energy carries us forward.And make no mistake – we do not believe that we can shift into reverse or even stop in this endeavor.
正如美国国务卿约翰·克里所说：“我们已向各国政府、私营机构、世界各地的民众发出强有力的信息，即我们正在进入一个全新的时代，在这个时代我们对矿物燃料的依赖减少了，更加绿色和清洁的能源引领我们前进。并且毫无疑问——我们相信我们不会倒退或终止这一努力。”

“This is a race against time, a race against what is unraveling,in terms of forces of ecosystem and Mother Nature that not everybody completely comprehends in terms of how fast or what may happen,but absolutely comprehends that it presents catastrophic risk to human beings.If we’re going to keep faith with future generations, it is imperative for us to keep moving ahead.”
“这是一场与时间的赛跑，与正在解开的谜团的赛跑，虽然不是每个人都完全了解生态系统和大自然的力量有多快的速度或者还会带来怎样的影响，但大家一定知道它会给人类带来灾难性的风险。如果我们想要忠于后代，我们迫切的任务就是继续推进减缓气候变化的进程。”