Although political leaders are not focused on climate change, a big international event can capture their attention, as the Copenhagen conference did. And next year, when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change begins publishing its latest assessment of the scientific evidence, the prospect of runaway climate change is bound to mobilize civil society.
尽管政治领导人的关注点并不在气候变化，但重大国际事件会吸引他们的注意力，哥本哈根会议便属此类。明年，当跨政府气候变化委员会（Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change）开始发布其最新的科学证据评估报告时，气候变化失控的迹象必定会在文明社会掀起波澜。