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The average emission-intensity of power generation in 2019
根據IEA，2019年發電所產生的的平均排放強度
was "lower than all but the most efficient gas-fired power plants", according to the IEA.
“低于除了效率最高電廠之外的所有燃氣發電廠”。
This is not the first time energy related emissions have plateaued.
這并不是與能源相關的排放第一次停滯不前。
Between 2013 and 2016 they hovered around 32.2bn tonnes a year,
2013年到2016年間，它們在每年322億噸左右徘徊，
before rising again in 2017 as the use of coal to fuel developing economies increased.
直到2017年隨著發展中經濟體對煤炭的需求增加而再次上升。
This previous plateau was accompanied by excited declarations that such emissions had peaked.
在這之前的停滯期，伴隨著令人興奮的聲明，即此類排放已經到達峰值。
Similar comments have been made this week, perhaps also prematurely.
本周也有人發表了類似的評論，或許時機還不成熟。
In addition to changes in coal use, a sluggish economy may have played a part
除了煤炭使用量的變化外，經濟不景氣可能也是原因之一
and the data show that milder than usual weather caused a perceptible drop
并且數據表明較往常更為溫和的天氣導致
in emissions from several countries with large, carbon-hungry economies.
幾個碳需求量大的國家的排放量明顯下降。
The news is also tempered by the latest data from the Amazon rainforest.
來自亞馬孫雨林的最新數據也緩和了這一消息。
This, one of the world's largest woodlands, has acted historically as an absorbing sponge for CO2
這個世界上最大的林地之一，在歷史上一直充當著吸收二氧化碳的海綿，
by removing it from the atmosphere through photosynthesis.
它通過光合作用將二氧化碳從大氣中除去。
Researchers at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research have shown that a vast part of the south-east of the Amazon,
巴西國家太空研究所的研究人員稱，亞馬孫東南部的大部分地區
about one fifth of its area, has lost its ability to soak up the gas and is now a net source of emissions into the atmosphere instead.
約占整個區域的五分之一，已經失去了吸收二氧化碳的能力，轉而成為了排放到大氣中的凈污染源。
This land has been widely deforested, so the result is little surprise. But it is disappointing.
這片土地已經遭大面積砍伐，所以這樣的結果并不意外，但卻令人失望。
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