美国国务院发言人普赖斯和气候变化问题总统特使克里表示……

在11月2日于华盛顿特区举行的美国国务院特别新闻发布会上，发言人内德·普赖斯介绍了气候变化问题总统特使和前国务卿约翰·克里。克里就即将在埃及举行的#COP27#以及将地球温度升幅限制在1.5摄氏度这个最根本的目标，向新闻媒体做了简报并回答了现场问题。#一起抗击气候危机# #通往COP27之路# 

在发布会上，气候变化问题总统特使克里分享了对即将举行的#COP27#的一些想法。他说，“…我们正在与所有的盟友，与许许多多国家以及世界各地进行非常密切的合作，以便在今年的COP会议上大幅提升气候雄心。这是最根本的目标。我们离开格拉斯哥（Glasgow）时，承诺继续保持将地球温度升幅限制在1.5摄氏度的可能性。这就是我们的目标，基于科学确立的目标。” 

气候变化问题总统特使克里说，他“在有幸代表拜登总统和我们的国家访问世界各地的过程中，我发现对我们快速行动能力的最大限制是无法筹集大量资金来实施这一过渡计划。”

不过，气候变化问题总统特使克里也说道，“我们正在取得进展”，他感谢拜登总统的“耐心以及他的领导作用，在他的领导下，我们制定了《降低通货膨胀法案》》（Inflation Reduction Act），这是一项非常非常重要的立法，已经在全球范围内产生影响。”

除了拜登总统的《降低通货膨胀法案》，气候变化问题总统特使克里还指出了美国取得进展进步的其他具体例子，包括“美国参议院欣然批准了基加利（Kigali）协议，当该协议执行后，仅此一项就会把温度升幅减少约0.2摄氏度。这是一项重大成果，总统已经签署了这项协议，相关文件已送达纽约[联合国]进行适当交存。”

在接受媒体提问之前，气候变化问题总统特使克里列出了美国对 COP27 的四个非常具体的重点议题（摘要/摘录如下）：

第一：我们寻求在COP上集体发声：世界将坚守实现气候目标的雄心，并将在格拉斯哥作出的承诺的基础上继续前进，而不是倒退。

第二：我们正在努力将温度升幅限制在更接近1.5度。占GDP 65%的国家作出承诺是不够的；我们需要更多人、更多国家参与。

第三：我们正在推动各种多边倡议，这些倡议将有助于加速减排，促进长期的过渡。

第四：我们会展示一系列将由美国政府交付的成果，这些成果均与缓解和因应气候变化的影响相关。

点击阅读本次发布会完整简报（左下角“阅读原文”）：
https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/zh/department-press-briefing-november-2-2022/ 

U.S. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price AND SPEC John Kerry Say...

At a special U.S. State Department Press Briefing in Washington, D.C. on November 2 Spokesperson Ned Price introduced Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and Former Secretary of State John Kerry to brief the media and field questions on the upcoming COP 27 in Egypt and the fundamental goal of holding the Earth’s temperature increase to 1.5 degrees.  

During the press briefing, SPEC Kerry shared several thoughts around the upcoming COP27. He noted, “...at this year’s COP, we’re working very closely with all of our allies, with many, many countries, and around the world in order to principally raise climate ambition. That’s the fundamental goal. And we left Glasgow keeping alive the possibility of holding the Earth’s temperature increase to 1.5 degrees. That’s the goal, the scientifically established goal.”   

SPEC Kerry said that as he has “had the privilege of traveling the world on behalf of President Biden and our country that the single biggest restraint on our ability to be able to move rapidly is our inability to summon the significant amounts of money that have to come to the table to implement this transition.”  

Yet, SPEC Kerry also said “we are making progress” and thanked President Biden “for his patience as well as his leadership that produced the Inflation Reduction Act, a very, very significant piece of legislation that is already having an impact on a global basis.” 

In addition to President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, SPEC Kerry pointed to other concrete examples of US progress, including “the United States Senate happily ratified the Kigali agreement, which in and of itself, when applied, will save about .2 degrees Celsius in the rise of temperature. It’s very significant, the President has signed it, and the papers have been sent to [United Nations in] New York for appropriate filing.” 

Before taking questions from the press, SPEC Kerry laid out the United State’s four very specific priorities for COP27 (summarized/excerpted below): 

1. We seek a collective message out of the COP that the world is going to remain strong on climate ambition and will build on, not go backwards, from the pledges that were made in Glasgow.

2. We’re working to get closer to that 1.5. Sixty-five percent is not enough; we need more people, more countries participating.

3. We are pursuing various multilateral initiatives that will contribute to accelerating the reduction of emissions, and also facilitating the long term transition.

4. We are showcasing a host of U.S. Government deliverables related to mitigation and adaptation. 
   
   

https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-november-2-2022/