Now that the Kyoto Protocol has been ratified, with even Russia belatedly signing on, a threat is emerging against an earlier landmark in international environmental protection – the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol for defending the stratospheric ozone layer. The threat comes from an unlikely source: organized crime.
即使俄罗斯的签名姗姗来迟，现在《京都议定书》已经通过，但是一种有违国际环境保护早些时候的里程碑——保卫平流层臭氧层的《维也纳公约》和《蒙特利尔议定书》——的威胁正在逐渐显现。这种威胁来自于一种不太可能的源头：有组织犯罪。