The process will take decades, but we must start now and act on a global basis, using carbon taxes and emission permits to create market-based incentives for companies and individuals to make the necessary changes. Those incentives will come at modest cost and huge benefit, and they can be designed to protect the poor and shift the climate-change burden to those who can afford it.
这一进程需要几十年的时间，但是我们必须从现在开始并且采取全球性行动，使用二氧化碳排放税收和排放许可来为公司和个人建立基于市场基础之上的鼓励措施来做出必要的改变。这些激励措施的代价将会是温和的而效益将会是巨大的，而且可以被用来保护穷人并将气候变化的负担转移到那些有能力支付的人身上。