An initiative to boost Africa's carbon credit production 19-fold by 2030 drew hundreds of millions of dollars in pledges on Monday as Kenyan President William Ruto opened the continent's first climate summit.[qh]
周一,肯尼亚总统威廉·鲁托宣布非洲大陆首届气候峰会开幕,一项到2030年将非洲碳信用额度提高19倍的倡议吸引了数亿美元的承诺
In one of the most anticipated deals, investors from the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, committed to buying $450 million of carbon credits from the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative, which was launched at Egypt's COP27 summit last year.[qh]
在最受期待的交易之一中,来自阿拉伯联合酋长国的投资者承诺通过非洲碳市场倡议购买4.5亿美元的碳信用额
A U.N. nuclear watchdog report seen by AP says Iran has slowed its enrichment of near-weapons-grade uranium.[qh]
美联社看到的一份联合国核监督机构报告说,伊朗已经放慢了近武器级别铀的浓缩速度
AP correspondent Charles De Ledesma has the story.[qh]
美联社记者查尔斯·德·莱德斯马报道
The confidential report comes as Iran and the U.S. are negotiating a prisoner swap and the release of billions of dollars in Iranian assets frozen in South Korea.[qh]
这份机密报告发布之际,伊朗和美国正在就囚犯交换和释放被冻结在韩国的伊朗资产(数十亿美元)进行谈判
Slowing its enrichment of uranium could serve as another sign that Tehran is seeking to lower tensions.[qh]
放慢铀浓缩活动可能是德黑兰寻求缓和紧张局势的另一个迹象
The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has 121.6 kilograms, or 268 pounds, of uranium enriched up to 60 percent, a far slower growth than in previous counts.[qh]
国际原子能机构的这份报告说,伊朗拥有121.6公斤(268磅)纯度为60%的浓缩铀,这一增长速度远远低于之前的统计
Uranium enriched at 60 percent purity is just a step away from weapons-grade levels of 90 percent.[qh]
纯度达到60%的浓缩铀距离武器级别的90%只有一步之遥
I'm Charles De Ledesma.[qh]
我是查尔斯·德·莱德斯马
Partygoers stranded for days at a countercultural festival by a late summer storm were allowed to start leaving Monday afternoon after muddy roads dried up enough for them to begin their exodus from the desert in the western U.S. state of Nevada.[qh]
由于夏末的一场风暴,在美国西部内华达州一个反主流文化节上的聚会者被困数日,在周一下午获准离开,他们可以开始从沙漠中撤离,因为泥泞的道路已经干涸
An unusual late summer storm tuned the weeklong Burning Man fest into a sloppy mess, with tens of thousands stuck in foot-deep mud and no working toilets.[qh]
一场不寻常的夏末风暴使为期一周的火人节变得一团糟,数万人被一英尺深的泥泞困住,厕所也无法使用
The gathering in the Black Rock Desert north of Reno attracts nearly 80,000.[qh]
这次在里诺北部黑岩沙漠举行的聚会吸引了近8万人
I'm Joe Rams.[qh]
乔·拉姆斯报道