哥本哈根气候变化大会.ppt

Global warming What Is Global Warming? The Planet Is Heating Up—and Fast Glaciers（冰川） are melting（融化）, sea levels are rising, cloud forests（云雾林） are drying, and wildlife is scrambling（争夺） to keep pace. Its becoming clear that humans have caused most of the past centurys warming by releasing（释放） heat- trapping gases（吸热气体） as we power our modern lives. Called greenhouse gases, their levels are higher now than in the last 650,000 years. Global warming has become perhaps the most complicated issue facing world leaders. The United Nations Climate Change Conference (哥本哈根联合国气候变化大会 ) The international conference on climate change opens Monday（December 7） in Copenhagen（哥本哈根）, Denmark（丹麦）, hosting thousands of participants（参与者） and observers hoping to reach a deal to combat global warming. At the heart of the debate（争论） is a momentous（重大的） tussle（争斗） between rich and poor countries over who steps up first and who pays most for changed energy menus. Nearly eight million from the world in Denmark Copenhagen environmentalists held a demonstration（示威游行）, countries all over the world take immediate action, ensure the UN climate change conference made substantial（实质的） results. A woman with a bicycle walks next to a globe which is a part of of an installation（安装） in downtown Copenhagen December 6, 2009. Copenhagen is the host city（主办城市） for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 from December 7 until December 18. A woman touches an ice sculpture（冰雕） of a polar bear（北极熊） in downtown Copenhagen December 6, 2009. The conference will be held from Dec. 7 to 18. A man walks past UN Climate Wall prio