Now is the time to start thinking about how to engage all nations, including large emitters, in conversations about what to do after the treaty’s expiration in 2012. This is exactly what the European Commission did recently by providing its first strategy for a post-Kyoto era, which will be discussed by the European Council next March.
《京都议定书》已对参加该协议的126国生效。现在是时候考虑如何使所有的国家，包括那些气体排放大国，参与讨论2012年，即该议定书失效后的应对方法了。这正是欧盟执委会最近针对后京都时代提出的第一个策略所要做的，这一策略将在三月份交由欧盟理事会讨论。