They agreed to phase down rather than phase out coal and fossil fuels.

他们同意逐步减少而不是逐步淘汰煤炭和化石燃料。

However, some representatives are using the term " phase down" instead.

然而，一些代改用短语“phase down”。

But to " phase down" means to slowly reduce the use of something instead of stopping completely.

但“phase down”的意思是慢慢减少某物的使用，而不是完全停止使用。

The concern, say climate scientists, is that the time for a " phase down" is over.

气候科学家示，令人担忧的是，“逐步减少”的时代已经结束。

India successfully demanded that the final agreement would commit countries to phase down rather than phase out coal.

印度成功地要求，终协议将承诺各国逐步减少而不是逐步淘汰煤炭。

India successfully demanded that the final agreement would commit countries to phase down rather than phase out planet heating coal.

印度成功地要求各国的协议中承诺逐步减少而不是淘汰用于地球供暖的煤炭。

Last year at the COP, the fossil fuel petro states vetoedany mention of phasing down fossil fuels.

去年缔约方会议上，化石燃料石油国家否决了逐步减少化石燃料的任何提及。

And let me be clear, one of the things that the financial system absolutely has to dois enable a science-aligned phase down of the financing of fossil fuels.

让我明确一点，金融体系绝对必须做的事情之一就是实现科学调整，逐步减少化石燃料的融资。

And as we're talking about, you know, phasing out oil, phasing down natural gas, fossil-fuel companies see plastics as a route to the future for them where they can still make a lot of money.

我们讨论逐步淘汰石油、天然气的时候，化石燃料公司认为塑料是他们通往未来的一条道路，这条道路上，他们仍然可以赚大钱。