The Hartwell group proposes that we adopt three basic climate-related goals: ensuring secure, affordable energy supplies for everyone (which means developing alternatives to fossil fuels); ensuring that economic development doesn’t wreak environmental havoc (which means not just reducing CO2 emissions, but also cutting indoor pollution from burning biomass, reducing ozone, and protecting tropical forests); and making sure that we are prepared to cope with whatever climate changes may occur, man-made or natural (which means recognizing, at last, the importance of adapting to climate change).
研究小组建议我们设立三项和气候有关的基本目标：首先，确保每个人都能得到安全而且负担得起的能源供应（这意味着发展化石燃料的替代品）；其次，确保经济发展不会引发环境灾难（就是不但要实现二氧化碳减排，还要降低燃烧生物燃料所造成的室内污染，减低臭氧排放，保护热带雨林）；最后要时刻准备好应对任何可能发生的气候变化，不管是人为的还是自然的（意思是至少要意识到主动适应气候变化的重要性）。