Will the inter-governmental climate conference in Paris in December be a decisive turn in the world’s efforts to curb risks of catastrophic climate change? At present this is highly unlikely but not inconceivable. It will certainly not be enough of itself. But a combination of new technological opportunities and new approaches to a deal opens up fresh opportunities. The conference might mark the end of the beginning, the point at which serious efforts to change our trajectory begin.
巴黎12月召開的政府間氣候會議,將成爲阻止災難性氣候變化風險全球努力的決定性轉折嗎?目前來看,這是極不可能,但也並非不可想像。僅靠一場會議本身肯定不夠。但新的科技進步加上新的協議方式,可以帶來新的機遇。巴黎氣候會議或將標誌着初始階段的結束,從此我們將嚴肅認真地努力改變當前軌跡。
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