NEW YORK – Late next month, a child will be born – the 7th billion citizen of planet Earth. We will never know the circumstances into which he or she was born. We do know that the baby will enter a world of vast and unpredictable change – environmental, economic, geopolitical, technological, and demographic.
纽约——下个月晚些时候出生的某个孩子将成为地球的第70亿位公民。我们不会知道他会出生在什么环境中。但我们知道，这个孩子进入的是一个面临着不可预料的大变局的世界，不管是环境、经济、地缘政治、技术，还是人口。