Both Chu and Locke are aware that the US and China are now the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases, and that, if there is any hope of remedying global climate change, the two countries must quickly find a way to collaborate. Chu emphasized this point in his Tsinghua University speech, calling the global climate situation “very disturbing,” and stressing that we were “all in it together.”
朱棣文和骆家辉深知，中美两国目前是世界上最大的温室气体排放国家。如果要解决这个问题，两国必须找到一个合作的方法。朱在清华的演讲中指出，目前的全球气候问题“非常严峻”，并强调说，我们必须联合起来。“我承认，发达国家确实是问题的制造者，”他对台下全神贯注的听众说道，“不过，发展中国家会使得问题雪上加霜。”