BERLIN – This December, world leaders will meet in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where they will hammer out a comprehensive agreement to reduce carbon emissions and stem global warming. In the run-up to that meeting, governments worldwide should note one critical, but often overlooked, fact: the single biggest driver of environmental degradation and resource stress today is our changing diet – a diet that is not particularly conducive to a healthy life, either.
柏林——今年12月，世界领导人将在巴黎召开联合国气候变化大会，并将在会上敲定一项减少碳排放、遏制全球变暖的全面协议。在此次会议的预备阶段，世界各国政府应该注意一个关键、但却往往被忽视的事实：今天环境恶化和资源紧张的唯一最大推动力就是人类正在变化的饮食习惯——而且这种饮食习惯对健康生活也不太有利。