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Ten Australians who have been profoundly affected by extreme weather events are now pursuing unprecedented legal action against the federal government before the United Nations.

十名受到极端天气事件深切影响的澳大利亚人，目前正向联合国对联邦政府提起前所未有的法律诉讼。

Each claimant argues that the Australian government's persistent endorsement of fossil fuel exports has directly exacerbated the climate crisis, thereby contributing to the devastation they have personally endured.

每位原告都主张，澳大利亚政府对化石燃料出口的持续支持直接加剧了气候危机，从而导致了他们亲身经历的灾难。

The complaint, which legal scholars have described as groundbreaking, contends that the government has violated its obligations to protect citizens from foreseeable climate-related harm.

这项诉状被法律学者形容为具开创性，其主张政府违反了保护公民免受可预见气候相关伤害的义务。

Among the claimants is Brendon Donohue, a thirty-three-year-old Brisbane resident who is legally blind and whose mobility is severely restricted by Peters plus syndrome.

在原告之中包括布伦登·多诺霍，他是一位三十三岁的布里斯班居民，法律上判定为失明，且其行动能力因彼得斯-普拉斯综合征而受到严重限制。

When catastrophic floods engulfed Brisbane's West End in February 2022, Donohue found himself trapped alone in his second-storey apartment for ten harrowing days.

当毁灭性的洪水于 2022 年 2 月淹没布里斯班的西区时，多诺霍发现自己被孤身困在二楼的公寓里，度过了痛苦煎熬的十天。

Although evacuation alerts had been dispatched to his phone during the night, the building's lift, intercom, and main entrance had all ceased to function.

虽然撤离警报已在夜间发送到他的手机，但该大楼的电梯、对讲机和主入口都已全部停止运作。

He recalled that the power outage rendered him unable to contact anyone, and that he eventually ran out of food with no means of resupply.

他回忆道，停电使他无法与任何人取得联系，而且他最终耗尽了食物，没有任何补给手段。

Another claimant, Jack Egan, lost his home in Batemans Bay on the New South Wales south coast during the devastating bushfires of New Year's Eve 2019.

另一位索赔人杰克·伊根，在2019年除夕夜那场具毁灭性的森林大火期间，失去了他位于新南威尔士南海岸贝特曼斯湾的家。

He described watching helplessly as flames consumed his front deck and penetrated the house through its windows.

他描述自己无助地看着火焰吞噬他的前阳台，并透过窗户侵入屋内。

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Having abandoned his attempts to save the property, Egan fled through a torrent of burning embers to reach safety.

在放弃了挽救财产的尝试后，杰克·伊根穿过如洪流般燃烧的余烬以到达安全地带。

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For agonizing hours afterward, he was unable to locate his partner, Cath, and feared she had perished alongside the thirty-three people who lost their lives that fire season.

在随后令人煎熬的数小时里，他无法找到他的伴侣凯丝，并担心她已与在那场火灾季节中丧生的三十三人一同罹难。

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The couple were ultimately reunited on a nearby beach.

这对夫妇最终在附近的一处海滩上重逢。

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The legal complaint, which has been formally submitted to the United Nations, represents a distinctive approach to climate litigation.

这项已正式提交给联合国的法律诉状，代表着一种独特的气候诉讼方法。

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Rather than seeking financial compensation, the claimants are demanding that the federal government be held accountable for its role in perpetuating the climate crisis through continued approval of fossil fuel projects.

原告并非寻求金钱赔偿，而是要求联邦政府为其通过持续批准化石燃料项目而使气候危机持续恶化所扮演的角色承担责任。

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Legal analysts have emphasized that, should the UN intervention prove successful, it could establish a significant precedent for climate-related human rights cases worldwide.

法律分析人士强调，倘若联合国的干预被证明是成功的，它可能会为全球与气候相关的人权案件树立一个重大的先例。

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The question remains whether such international pressure will compel meaningful policy reform in a nation that ranks among the world's largest fossil fuel exporters.

问题在于，这种国际压力是否能迫使一个名列全球最大化石燃料出口国之一的国家，进行具有实质意义的政策改革。

Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the...被洪水困住并惧怕在酷暑中丧生：正就...采取法律行动的澳大利亚人

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