So a balance must be struck: the global community must lift 1.5 billion people out of poverty, while the excesses of the world’s richest consumers – which cause the vast majority of ecological degradation – must be limited. We need not impose more taxes to achieve this, but we can persuade the wealthy that the eternal pursuit of material gain is both unsustainable and unnecessary for their own quality of life.
因此必须要实现某种平衡：国际社会必须让15亿人摆脱贫困，同时要限制世界最富裕消费者导致绝大部分生态退化的过度消费行为。实现这一目标并不一定要加重税收，但我们可以说服有钱人无休无止地追求物质利益对提高自身生活质量既没有必要也无法持久。