履行巴黎協議 美國可走自己的路

The EU says Donald Trump’s administration can “chart its own path” on the Paris climate agreement amid speculation the US president may be persuaded that he has to ditch the accord if he wants to keep promoting fossil fuels.

歐盟(EU)表示，唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)政府可以在巴黎氣候協議上“制定自己的路線”。目前外界猜測，美國總統可能會相信，如果他希望繼續推動化石燃料，他將不得不放棄該協議。

Mr Trump signed an executive order in March to boost coal and roll back climate policies set by his predecessor, Barack Obama, in a move critics say would make it harder for the US to meet its Paris commitments to cut emissions.

今年3月，特朗普簽署一項行政命令，支持煤炭開採，並推逆轉他的前任巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)確立的氣候政策，批評人士稱，此舉將令美國更難兌現其在巴黎氣候協議中做出的減排承諾。

But the president has yet to act on his campaign vow to “cancel” the climate pact adopted in December 2015 by virtually every country, despite pressure to do so from some in his team.

然而，特朗普尚未就“廢除”2015年12月幾乎所有國家接受的氣候協議這個競選承諾採取行動，儘管他的團隊中的一些人正施加壓力要求這麼做。

Steve Bannon, the president’s chief strategist, and Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, have begun to argue that legal hurdles make it difficult to stay in the accord because one clause restricts countries from weakening their commitments to cut emissions, Politico has reported.

Politico網站報道稱，特朗普首席策略師史蒂夫?班農(Steve Bannon)和美國國家環境保護局(EPA)局長斯科特?普魯伊特(Scott Pruitt)已開始辯稱，法律障礙加大了堅守該協議的難度，因爲其中有一條限制各國弱化減排承諾。

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This is a reference to Article 4:11 in the agreement, which says a country “may at any time adjust its existing nationally determined contribution with a view to enhancing its level of ambition”.

這指的是巴黎氣候協議的第4:11條，該條規定，一國可“隨時調整其現有的國家自主貢獻，以加強其力度水平”。

Those opposed to the Paris deal say this provision could be used in court by the administration’s opponents to fight Mr Trump’s efforts to reverse Mr Obama’s climate regulations.

反對巴黎氣候協議的人士表示，特朗普政府的反對者可能在法庭上利用該條對抗特朗普廢除奧巴馬出臺的氣候法規的努力。

However, the EU’s climate action and energy commissioner, Miguel Arias Ca?ete, told the Financial Times yesterday the Paris agreement allowed countries a lot of latitude and it was hoped the US would find a way to stay in it.

然而，歐盟氣候行動與能源專員米格爾?阿里亞斯?卡涅特(Miguel Arias Ca?ete)昨日告訴英國《金融時報》，巴黎氣候協議賦予了各國很多回旋餘地，希望美國找到堅守該協議的方法。

“Some 195 countries have signed the Paris agreement and there will be 195 different paths to meeting the Paris goals,” he said. “Fossil fuels will continue to play a role for many countries on the path towards decarbonisation. So there is room for a new US administration to chart its own path as well.”

“約195個國家簽署了巴黎氣候協議，因此有195條不同的路徑來達到該協議的目標，”他表示，“對於很多國家而言，化石燃料將繼續在走向低碳化的道路上發揮作用。因此美國新一屆政府也有餘地制定自己的路線。”