There are four times more people in the world than there were a hundred years ago, producing 40 times as much output and spewing 17 times as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. That is the existential issue confronting the world, to which our response remains hopelessly inadequate.
首先，今天的问题是过往成功的结果。 世界人口比一百年前增加了四倍，产值达到过去的40倍，二氧化碳的排放量则是过去的17倍还多。 这就是世界面临的现实问题，我们所采取的对策还远远不够。