中英文全球变暖.doc

对全球变暖不能观望?An unethical bet in the climate casino 2014-11-18 07:32|?发布者:?凡心|?查看: 82|?评论: 0 摘要: The Republican victory in the midterm elections was a triumph for its strategy of sustained vilification of the president and obstruction of his policies. The result will have big implications for the ... An unethical bet in the climate casino The Republican victory in the midterm elections was a triumph for its strategy of sustained vilification of the president and obstruction of his policies. The result will have big implications for the future of the US. But it also has implications for the rest of humanity. This is inevitable, given the role of the US as the world’s largest and most technologically advanced economy, guarantor of the open world economy and greatest military power. But the US is also the world’s second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and among the highest emitters per head. 美国共和党在中期选举中获胜，标志着该党长期诋毁奥巴马总统并阻挠其政策的战略得手。这一结果将对美国的未来产生重大影响。但它也会对全人类产生影响。这是不可避免的，因为美国是全球规模最大且技术最为先进的经济体，是全球开放经济的保障者，也是头号军事强国。但美国也是全球第二大温室气体排放国，人均排放量位居全球最高之列。 ? ? The most important consequence of this election may therefore be to bury what little hope remained of getting to grips with the risk of dangerous climate change. Countries cannot keep bits of the atmosphere to themselves. Moving off the world’s current trajectory is a collective task. Without US will and technological resources, the needed shift will not happen. Other countries will not – indeed cannot – compensate. 因此，这次选举的最重要后果可能是，努力应对气候变化风险、使其不致危险失控的那一点点残余希望将会破灭。各国不可能守住自己疆域范围内的大气。转变全球当前轨道是人类的集体任务。没有美国的意愿和技术资源，所需的转变就不会发生。其他国家不会弥补美国的角色，实际上也无法弥补。 ? ? Many Republicans seem to have concluded man-made climate change is a hoax. If so, this is quite a hoax. Just read the synthesis report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. One is asked to imagine that thousands of scientists have put together a complex fabrication in order to promote their not particularly remunerative careers, in the near certaint