Smoke and steam rises from the Bayswater coal-powered thermal power station located near Muswellbrook, New South Wales, in Australia. Photo: David Gray/Getty Images

位于澳大利亚新南威尔士州马斯韦尔布鲁克附近的贝斯沃特燃煤热电站冒出浓烟和蒸汽。图片:大卫·格雷/盖蒂图片社

Global banks cut back on fossil fuel funding last year for the first time since the 2016 Paris Agreement was signed, according to a new report.

一份新的报告显示，去年，自2016年巴黎协议签署以来，全球银行首次削减了化石燃料融资。

The 12th edition of the 'Banking on Climate Chaos' report, produced by campaign groups Reclaim Finance and the Rainforest Action Network, found the world's 60 biggest banks helped fossil fuel companies raise just over $750bn (£547bn) in 2020. The financing came through a combination of lending and underwriting debt and equity deals.

由筹款组织“回收资金”和雨林行动网络共同制作的第12版《气候混乱的银行业》报告发现，全球60家最大的银行在2020年帮助化石燃料公司筹集了7500亿美元(合5470亿英镑)。融资通过借贷和承销债券和股票交易相结合的方式进行。

The annual total was down 9% on 2019 — the first drop since world leaders signed the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change. Leaders pledged to curb global emissions in order to limit global warming to 1.5C degrees this century.

2019年的年度总排放量下降了9%，这是世界各国领导人签署2016年《巴黎气候变化协定》以来的首次下降。各国领导人承诺在本世纪遏制全球排放，将全球变暖控制在1.5摄氏度以内。