The midst of the worst economic crisis for 60 years is hardly a propitious moment to negotiate a global deal to combat climate change. Given this backdrop, perhaps the outcome of the Durban summit – essentially a decision to postpone a decision on how best to co-ordinate a global response – was the best that could be hoped for. This postponement will only be worthwhile, however, if countries now put serious effort into agreeing a binding successor to the Kyoto protocol.
眼下正值60年來最嚴重的經濟危機，就協商一項旨在抗擊氣候變化的全球協議而言，算不得什么良辰吉日。在此背景下，或許德班峰會的結果——實際上是推遲就如何協調全球應對措施做決定的決定——是人們所能期望的最好結果。然而，只有在各國現在就做出嚴肅努力、以達成有約束力的后續協議來取代《京都議定書》(Kyoto protocol)的情況下，這種推遲才是值得的。
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