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This spring has upended weather norms, shattering records for heat, drought and catastrophic rainfall.
今年春天天气反常，高温、干旱和灾难性降雨更是打破了记录。
The U.N. warns there's far more to come in the next five years, when the world will all but certainly breach an average of 1.5 degrees of warming, at least temporarily.
联合国警告称，未来五年情况将会更加严重，届时全世界升温几乎肯定会突破1.5摄氏度，至少暂时看是这样的。
"It's practically sure that we will see the warmest year on record during the coming five years."
“几乎可以肯定的是，未来五年我们将遭遇有记录以来最热的一年。”
1.5℃ is the threshold where scientists believe the worst impacts of climate change will come into effect.
科学家们认为，1.5摄氏度是气候变化最严重影响的临界点。
It's also the target countries pledged not to exceed as part of the 2015 Paris climate accord.
也是2015年《巴黎气候协定》中，各国承诺不超过的目标。
"We haven't been able to limit the warming so far, and we are still moving in the wrong direction."
“到目前为止，我们还没能限制气候变暖，而且我们仍在朝着错误的方向前进。”
Human-made climate change coupled with a developing El Nino cycle are responsible for pushing the planet into this uncharted climate territory.
人为造成的气候变化，加上不断发展的厄尔尼诺周期，正将地球推向了这一未知的气候领域。
The last global heat record in 2016 was also during El Nino.
在2016年创下的上一次全球高温记录，也是在厄尔尼诺现象期间。
But now, the U.N. says the Earth is firmly on track to permanently exceed the warming threshold by the 2030s unless there's drastic action on emissions.
但现在，联合国表示，除非采取严厉的减排措施，否则地球将在本世纪30年代永久超过变暖限度。
The next five years could bring the most dramatic and irrefutable evidence of looming climate catastrophe.
关于这一迫在眉睫的气候灾难，其最引人注目、无可辩驳的证据即将在未来五年出现。
The U.N. warns there's no turning back, humans can only hope to limit future damage.
联合国警告称，人类已经没有回头路了，只希望尽量限制在未来出现的破坏。
"The best that we can do is to phase out this negative trend."
“我们能做的最好的事情，就是逐步停止这一负面趋势。”
