On October 14 alone, emissions from the fires soared to 61 megatons – nearly 97% of the country’s total emissions for that day. As a result, this year’s fires – coming just weeks before the current United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, where world leaders plan to finalize a global pact limiting carbon emissions – have underscored the urgent need for Indonesia and its development partners to act quickly to address this regional and global scourge.
也许更值得警惕的是其其后影响。印尼已经成为世界上碳排放量最大的国家之一。拜火灾所赐，今年9月和10月日平均排放量比正常水平高出十倍多。光是10月14日一天，火灾碳排放量就高达61百万吨——占当天印尼全国总排放量的近97%。结果，今年的火灾——发生在目前正在巴黎进行的联合国气候变化会议前几周，全世界领导人计划在巴黎会议上完成限制碳排放的全球协议——彰显出印尼及其发展伙伴急需尽快行动解决这一地区和全球灾难。若非如此，气候变化将变得更加难以治理。