On its current trajectory, the world has only 3-4 decades (or less) before atmospheric CO2 reaches levels that disrupt climate patterns, with catastrophic consequences for the environment and, in turn, economic and social systems. Allowing the world’s “natural capital” – the resources and ecosystems that underpin these systems – to be depleted is essentially another form of destructive underinvestment.
按照当前轨迹，在经历三四十年（或更少），大气中的二氧化碳水平就将达到破坏气候模式的程度，给环境造成灾难性后果，进而威胁经济和社会系统。放任世界的“自然资本”——支持经济和社会系统的资源和生态系统——耗尽本质上无非是另一种形式的破坏性投资不足。