气候变化峰会开幕呼吁采取紧急行动 (Climate Change Conference Opens with Calls for 'Urgent Action')
联合国气候变化会议在哥本哈根开幕，会议呼吁采取紧急行动并保证要接近达成一项应对气候变化的协议。
此次会议的东道主、丹麦首相拉斯穆森星期一对来自192个国家的代表说，世界在期待着他们提供一个更美好的未来。
联合国气候主管德波尔说，在经过两年替代现有联合国环境公约的谈判，“现在是兑现的时候”。目前的京都议定书将于2012年期满。
与会代表本星期将寻求制定一个减少与全球气候变暖有关的二氧化碳排放量的蓝图。他们还必须要在一项资金机制上达成一致，帮助贫穷国家在达到减排目标的同时，补偿他们的发展成本。
110个国家的元首预计将与下星期大会结束前出席会议。
The UN Climate Change conference has opened in Copenhagen with calls for urgent action and assurances that a deal to combat climate change is within reach.
Danish Prime Minister and conference host Lars Lokke Rasmussen told delegates from 192 nations Monday that the world is looking to them to provide it a better future.
United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer said the "time has come to deliver," after two years of talks on replacing an existing U.N. environmental pact. The current treaty, the Kyoto Protocol, expires in 2012.
Delegates this week will seek to craft a blueprint for reducing carbon emissions linked to global warming. They must also agree on a funding mechanism for helping poor countries offset the cost of development while meeting emissions cuts guidelines.
Heads of state from 110 nations are expected to join the conference in its closing days next week.