When the world's leaders met at the Millennium Summit four years ago, they agreed on a set of goals aimed at cutting global poverty in half by 2015. They also set targets for the environment, because they understood its centrality to long-term economic growth, human development, and the stability of the planet.
当世界各国的领导人们在四年前的"千年峰会"上会晤时，他们就一系列旨在到2015年将全球贫困减少一半的远期目标达成共识。因为深知环境问题是长期经济增长、人类发展和全球稳定的核心，他们也制定了一系列环境目标。问题是直至今日，距2015年还有十年而这些目标仍未实现，解决环境问题的进程极度缓慢。我们仍然任重而道远。