Several such sensible ways to design the Kyoto Protocol’s successor treaty have been undermined by efforts to accommodate inappropriate US-led demands and objections, resulting in the impasse that became evident at the COP conferences in Copenhagen and Cancún. Those who do not believe in magic know better than to hope that it will somehow disappear in Durban.
不少设计京都议定书后任条约的明智办法由于为了协调美国为首的要求和反对而遭到了破坏，导致哥本哈根和坎昆COP会议陷入了僵局。那些不相信奇迹的人心知肚明，这些障碍不会在德班会议上消失。