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。

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.

在我们讨论逐步淘汰石油、天然候，化石燃料公司认为塑料是他们通往未来一条道路，在这条道路上，他们仍然可以赚大。

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在最后协议中承诺逐步减少而不是淘汰用于地球供暖煤炭。

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，最终协议将承诺各国逐步减少而不是逐步淘汰煤炭。

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

但“phase down”意思是慢慢减少某物使用，而不是完全停止使用。

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

然而，一些代表改用短语“phase down”。

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

候科家表示，令人担忧是，“逐步减少”代已经结束。

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

去年在缔约方会议上，化石燃料石油国家否决了逐步减少化石燃料任何提及。