乾旱和洪水侵襲
Africa has been dealing with the threats and impacts of climate change since the 1970s.
非洲自1970年代起就面臨氣候變遷的威脅和影響。
deal with 處理,應付
Climate specialists warn that Africa is more vulnerable than any other region to the world’s changing weather patterns.
氣候專家警告，非洲比其他地區還要容易受到全球多變天氣的影響。
vulnerable (adj.)容易受傷的,容易受影響的,脆弱的changing (adj.)變化中的,持續變化的；changing world order多變的世界秩序
One reason is that Africa’s economy is closely linked to the climate system.
其中一個原因是非洲經濟跟氣候系統關係密切。
link (n.)關聯 (v.)使相關聯closely (adv.)密切地,緊密地
Many people depend on rainfall to grow their crops.
許多人依賴降雨來種植作物。
depend on sth.依賴…grow (v.)種植crop (n.)作物,收成
The Sahel, for example, is already struck regularly by droughts and floods, both of which kill crops and reduce yield.
舉例來說，薩赫勒地區已經經常遭受乾旱和洪水侵襲，這兩種災害會毀損作物並減少收成。
strike (v.)侵襲,打擊drought (n.)旱災flood (n.)水災yield (n.)農作物的產量
Another reason that contributes to Africa’s vulnerability is that most African countries are simply too poor to act on climate change.
另外一個非洲易受威脅的原因是因為非洲國家太過貧窮而無法對氣候變遷採取行動。
act on sth.對….採取行動
Therefore, African countries have repeatedly asked for more financial resources and technology transfer at the annual UN Climate Change Conferences to help them deal with climate change.
因此，非洲國家頻頻在年度聯合國氣候變遷會議上，要求更多的資金和技術轉移，以幫助他們應付氣候變遷。
financial (adj.)財務的,金融的annual (adj.)一年一度的；biannual (adj.)一年兩次的
It seems only fair that developed countries should take most of the responsibility for climate change because they contribute the most to global warming and have the highest carbon emissions.
已開發國家負起大部分的責任似乎才是公平的作法，因為他們是全球暖化的主要原因，碳排放量也最高。
developed countries已開發國家；developing countries開發中國家；underdeveloped countries低度開發國家responsibility (n.)責任emission (n.)(氣體,熱量或光線等等的)排放；emit (v.)發出,散發
However, many African countries have actually seized the opportunity to transition towards low-carbon technologies and infrastructure.
然而，其實許多非洲國家抓住機會轉型成低碳排放科技和基礎建設。
seize the opportunity (to VR) 抓住機會（去做某事）infrastructure (n.)基礎建設
For instance, Morocco has built the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant in order to reach the country’s goal of 52% renewable energy mix by 2030.
例如，摩洛哥建造了世界上最大的聚光太陽能發電廠，以達到2030年前再生能源比重達52%的目標。
solar (adj.)太陽的,使用太陽能的；solar panel 太陽能板nuclear power plant 核電廠