But, while emissions in the rich nations were far above the permissible limit, Sri Lankan emissions were, at 660 kilograms, well below it. As Sri Lanka’s government pointed out, “That means low-emitting countries like us could not emit more because our space has already been exploited by developed or global heavy polluting countries without our consent.”
然而当富国的排放量远远超出限额之时，斯里兰卡的人均排放量却只有极低的660公斤。正如斯里兰卡政府所指出的那样：“这意味着我们这些低排放国家已经不能进行更多的排放，因为我们所处的空间已经在毫不知情的情况下被发达国家和全球污染排放大国所占据了。”