As the environmental consequences of human activity become increasingly apparent, so does humanity’s responsibility to mitigate them. Last year, at the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders agreed to create a set of universal Sustainable Development Goals, which would change the playing field for future economic policy to safeguard our life-support system.
人类活动的环境后果正变得日益明显，人类减轻这一后果的责任也变得日益重大。在去年的联合国里约热内卢地球峰会上，全球领导人同意建立全球可持续发展目标，这将改变未来经济政策，以捍卫我们的生命支持系统。说去来容易，但从何处着手？