The top priority should be a coordinated effort by Europe, the United States, and the other G-8+5 countries to build demonstration plants to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. This is crucial, because whatever technical advances there may be in solar and other renewable energy sources, we will depend on coal and oil for the next 40 years.
首先要做的应该是欧洲、美国及其他G8+5国家合作修建示范工厂，开发碳捕获和存储（CCS）技术。这是关键性的一步，因为在接下来的40年里，不论太阳能和其他可再生能源方面出现什么样的技术进步，我们仍须依赖煤和石油。除非年排放量的上升曲线被逆转，否则二氧化碳浓度必然会真正达到危险的水平。