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英検1級に出そうな単語-UN warns of 'point of no return' at the 2019 Climate Summit in Madrid

今回は気候の話です。

"point of no return"の意味が問題です。

 

"UN:United Nations;国際連合"が

気候について警告しているので危険な感じはします。

"point of no return;引き返せない段階、もう戻れなくなる地点、回帰不能点"

です。

内容的にも英検に出そうな話題です。

 

単語もちょうど良い難度で、

熟語も面白いものが出てきます。

特に

"point of no return"と合わせて

"turn things around;好転させる"

"blame game;責任のなすりつけ合い"

"get underway;開幕する、始まる、進む"

も是非覚えておきたいところです。

 

2個めの動画は、実際に二酸化炭素の排出を止めたら、

気候変動は止められるかというものです。

気候変動に対する規制は英作文のテーマとしてもありますね。

 

本文に行く前にもう一つ、国連と合わせて

"LN:League of Nations;国際連盟"

です。

 

"inadequate;不十分な、不適切で"

"get underway;開幕する、始まる、進む"

"activist;活動家"

"jeopardize;危険にさらす"

"agenda;議題"

" Seychelles;セーシェル"

"low-lying;低地の、低い"

"enact;制定する"

"breathtaking;息を呑むような、ハラハラするような"

"ecosystem;生態系"

"under threat;脅威にさらされている"

"submersible;潜水可能な"

"ambassador;大使、使節"

"advocate;提唱者、支持者"

"bleach;漂白する、色あせさせる"

→"breach;違反、裏切り、破る"

"impending;差し迫った"

"vulnerable;傷つきやすい、受けやすい"

"territorial waters;領海"

→"territorial air;領空"

"stretch out;広がる"

"resilient;弾力のある、回復力のある、ハリのある"

"credible;信頼できる、確かな"

"diversity;多様性"

"blame game;責任のなすりつけ合い"

"secretary general;事務総長"

"dire warning;緊急警告"

→"dire;おそろしい、差し迫った"

"turn things around;好転させる"

"motto;標語、金言、モットー"

"rulebook;規則書"

"offender;違反者"

"on target;目標に向かって、正確な"

"role model;手本となる人、もの"

"halt;立ち止まる、停止する"

"straight away;すぐに、直ちに"

"phase-out;段階的に廃止する"

"environmentalist;環境保全主義者"

"detract;減じる、損なう"

"intensify;強める"

"extensively;広く"

"policy-makers;政策立案者"

"focal point;焦点"

"focal;焦点の"

 

 

 

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全文  7:15のところで人名の字幕が間違っていますね

 

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the head of the United Nations has taken
00:01
the world's major economies to task for
00:04
failing to reduce carbon emissions
00:06
warning that the point of no return is
00:08
fast approaching Antonio Guterres says
00:12
the global push to stop climate change
00:13
has been utterly inadequate he was
00:16
speaking as a two-week international
00:18
climate summit gets underway in Madrid
00:19
here's more of what he had to say we are
00:23
in a deep hole and we are still digging
00:27
soon it will be too deep to escape I
00:30
welcome the voices of the young
00:32
activists I've been meetings they
00:35
understand that we are jeopardizing
00:36
their future that is why I will continue
00:39
to push every day to keep climate at the
00:42
top of the international agenda Antonio
00:46
Guterres there well many parts of the
00:48
world are of course already feeling the
00:50
effects of climate change the Seychelles
00:52
for example is an island chain in the
00:55
Indian Ocean is threatened by rising sea
00:57
levels and the destruction of local
00:59
marine life but this low-lying nation
01:02
with its capital city of Victoria is
01:04
enacting policies at hopes will serve as
01:06
an example for others
01:10
over 300,000 people a year head to the
01:13
Seychelles to enjoy a holiday in
01:15
paradise the vast array of corals fish
01:18
and other marine life in the surrounding
01:20
ocean is breathtaking but this entire
01:25
ecosystem is under threat from climate
01:28
change the president of the Seychelles
01:30
called for urgent action when he took in
01:33
the ocean floor earlier this year in a
01:35
submersible vehicle scientists have
01:38
spoken and politicians around the world
01:42
the time has come for us to act I will
01:46
be a strong ambassador in a strong
01:49
advocate for marine protection around
01:53
the world the most alarming problem for
01:57
the Seychelles waters is rising
01:59
temperatures warmer seas have bleached
02:01
many of the coral reefs damaging areas
02:04
of natural beauty for a country that
02:06
relies on its fishing and tourism
02:08
industries the impending disaster could
02:11
cost many people their jobs we are the
02:14
least responsible for the problems of
02:16
climate change yet we are vulnerable in
02:22
fact if we were different the fight
02:25
would have been different the Seychelles
02:27
is working on a solution a government
02:30
led initiative is turning one third of
02:32
the country's territorial waters an area
02:35
the size of Germany into protected zones
02:37
these zones stretching out from the
02:40
country's inner islands and Aldabra
02:42
group Islands aim to limit human
02:44
activity and thus make marine life more
02:46
resilient marine scientists from the
02:51
University of Oxford and the Nexen
02:53
Institute have been examining the
02:55
Seychelles waters there was a credible
02:58
diversity and abundance of fish
03:00
especially in protected areas like
03:02
Aldabra which shows that marine
03:04
protected areas do work when they are
03:05
put in place the Seychelles is aiming to
03:09
become a model for marine protection
03:11
around the world in an effort to slow
03:13
the effects of climate change its
03:15
president is hoping other countries will
03:17
take notice we all know that we have a
03:20
problem what is needed
03:23
is responsible global action and there
03:28
is no there's no time for blame game the
03:32
Seychelles and its president are already
03:34
seeing the effects of climate change
03:36
they don't want discussion they want
03:38
action now well will they see it let's
03:44
talk about that more now with DW science
03:46
and environment reporter Louis Osborn
03:49
good morning Louise the UN
03:51
secretary-general they are saying is
03:52
issuing a dire warning the planet a
03:55
protein the point of no return is is
03:57
there an expectation that this
03:59
conference can can turn things around
04:01
well it's difficult to say whether it
04:03
will turn it around completely the motto
04:06
for the conference this year is time for
04:09
action but really they're not quite
04:11
ready for that yet they're still trying
04:13
to finish the rulebook which is
04:14
something they should have completed
04:16
last year in Katowice but that they just
04:19
were unable to agree on the last article
04:21
which is article 6 and deals with carbon
04:24
markets so that's what they're going to
04:26
be concentrating on this year another
04:29
thing that they have to worry about is
04:30
their ambitions so the National targets
04:33
that each country has made to reduce
04:35
carbon emissions if they keep going
04:39
along that road and follow those targets
04:41
they won't be able to keep the
04:44
temperature below 2 degrees Celsius
04:46
which is what the Paris agreement calls
04:47
for it will be at least 3 degrees
04:49
Celsius so that's something else that
04:52
they have to talk about to try to turn
04:54
things around
04:55
okay now Guterres pointed to China as
04:57
being a major offender it's the biggest
04:59
producer 27% of the world's carbon
05:01
emissions some it is it one of the
05:03
countries that's that's not on target
05:05
with the carbon markets that you
05:06
mentioned actually that's not the case
05:08
that is on target it's one of the only
05:10
countries in the you know one of the
05:13
higher emitting countries that's on
05:15
target to to reach its goals the problem
05:17
is that the goals like I said are just
05:19
too low so even if China does get there
05:23
it's not going to make enough of a
05:24
difference for temperatures to remain
05:27
lower there's also the issue of you know
05:31
emissions that are being made elsewhere
05:33
by Chinese companies so for example in
05:35
Afric
05:36
where they're building power plants and
05:38
things like that and and that is another
05:40
contribution of China to global carbon
05:42
emissions just not done in in China
05:45
itself so we were looking to Seychelles
05:48
there's taking a role model position
05:50
what needs to be done quickly to halt
05:54
global warming I mean we're sitting in
05:56
every year and the forest fires in
05:58
Australia rising temperatures sea levels
06:00
what can be done to halt it quickly well
06:02
what really would need to be done with B
06:05
for countries to simply cut their carbon
06:08
emissions obviously that's not something
06:10
that they're going to do straightaway
06:13
phase-out of coal needs to be done very
06:16
quickly environmentalists have been
06:17
calling that they actually worried that
06:19
the market carbon market issue that's
06:22
going to be discussed this year will
06:24
actually detract from just taking direct
06:28
action and phasing out coal and and
06:30
cutting carbon emissions through
06:31
transport these kinds of things
06:33
governments are still working out a way
06:36
to to do this but they obviously need to
06:39
do it more quickly um climate protests
06:42
have been intensifying over the past
06:44
year we've been reporting extensively on
06:45
that the Friday's for future movement
06:47
for example what effects are these
06:50
protests having on policymakers meeting
06:52
in Madrid well I think governments are
06:55
starting to feel the strain of having so
06:57
many protests taking place I mean in
06:58
September millions of people took to the
07:00
streets for the global climate strike on
07:04
Friday it was hundreds of thousands of
07:05
people so governments are starting to
07:08
feel the pressure of that like I said
07:11
before they really need to work on their
07:13
ambitions and that is what protesters
07:15
are calling for glitter toon Berg will
07:17
be there this week she's expected to
07:20
arrive from her Atlantic trip tomorrow
07:23
in Portugal and then I guess you'll make
07:26
her way very quickly to Madrid she'll be
07:29
talking again to leaders and I am sure
07:32
that we can expect a speech that will
07:34
you know kind of match what she said in
07:36
New York so there will be bad okay so
07:40
she's very much a focal point for public
07:44
opinion right now okay Luis thanks so
07:46
very much for coming in on us