In fact, the current situation, characterized by rising global greenhouse-gas emissions, already amounts to failure, with the current trend putting the two-degree target out of reach in less than a decade. The only hope is an international movement for immediate action, such as that which, in advance of the Copenhagen conference, compelled the world’s largest carbon emitters – including the United States and China – to set emissions targets.
事实上，以全球温室气体排量稳步上升为特征的现状已经可以称之为失败，不出十年，目前设定的2摄氏度目标就将无法保持。唯一的希望是出现一场促使立刻行动的国际运动，比如像在哥本哈根会议前那样迫使世界最大碳排放国——包括美国和中国——给出排放目标。