1 . Directions:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.Each word can be used only once.Note that there is one word more than you need.
A.tirelessly B. urgency C.concrete D.acknowledged E.roadmap F.call
G committed H. intended I. update J. summed K.just |
The pressure for change is building: reactions to the Glasgow climate pact
The Glasgow climate package, aimed at ensuring the world limits global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, was 1 even by the UK hosts as“imperfect", and leaves much of the hard work on cutting greenhouse gas emissions for next year. Boris Johnson,the UK prime minister, said:“We asked nations to come together for our planet at Cop 26, and they have answered that 2 . I want to thank the leaders, negotiators and campaigners who made this pact (协议、契约）happen and the people of Glasgow who welcomed them with open arms."
"There is still a huge amount more to do in the coming years. But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first ever international agreement to phase down (逐步减少)coal and a 3 to limit global warming to 1.5C. I hope that we will look back on Cop 26 in Glasgow as the beginning of the end of climate change, and I will continue to work 4 towards that goal."
Al Gore,the former US vice-president,also praised the public pressure put on world leaders at the conference: “The Glasgow Climate Pact and the pledges made at Cop26 move the global community forward in our urgent work to address the climate crisis and limit global temperature rise to 1.5C, but we know this progress, while meaningful,is not enough. “We must move faster to deliver a 5 transition away from fossil fuels and toward a cleaner and more equitable future for our planet.The progress achieved in the lead-up and at Cop26 was only possible because of the power of people young and old using their voices to demand action."
Many developed and developing countries nailed the progress it represented on the world's goals .But green campaigners warned that the 6 of the climate crisis meant the world was running out of time. Frans Timmermans, executive vice-president of the European Commission, 7 up many countries' reactions, saying:“'It doesn't stop here,it only starts."
On the last-minute weakening of language about phasing out coal, Timmermans said: "Let's be clear, I'd rather not have the change. I was very happy with the language we had." But he added it was “like going from 24 carat gold to 18 carat, it's still gold...we are now making 8 steps to eliminate coal ...and that countries that are so dependent on coal are willing to be part of that agreement is astonishing".
Countries will have to return next year and the year after to 9 their targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Laurence Tubiana, one of the architects of the 2015 Paris deal and now CEO of the European Climate Foundation, said the outcome showed that the 2015 Paris climate agreement was working as 10 .
