文档介绍：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 resourc