Without a real and lasting solution that recalibrates our current economic thinking at a systemic level, the scale and pace of change could soon push the planet past critical thresholds and make sustainable development everywhere an impossible dream. Although multilateralism is a slow and often painful process of cultivating consensus, some issues are so large that they transcend any one country.
从极现实的角度讲，地球的未来掌握在Rio手中。如果不能形成现实、持续的办法在系统水平上修正当前的经济思想，按现有变化规模和节奏，地球将很快越过临界值，可持续发展将化为南柯一梦。尽管多边主义是是一个缓慢而痛苦的培养共识过程，但有些问题实在太大，无法在一国的框架内解决。