在中国很多普通老百姓看来，最要紧的是猪肉多少钱一斤，我明天还要不要吃肉？房子多少钱一平米，我省吃俭用多少年才能支付房子首付？这城里的交通什么时候能改善，我从家到单位堵车还需要多长时间？物价都在疯长，生活太不容易了，气候变化吗，还暂时顾不上。

For most of the ordinary people in China, the most important things include, what is the per kilo cost of pork? am I able to eat meat tomorrow? what is the per square meter cost of housing? how many years of savings are needed for the down payment? when will the traffic jams disappear in this city? how many more minutes will it take before the flow of traffic getting me to my office? Inflation is on the rise, making it kind of difficult to live our lives. Climate change? We are distracted to think about it now.

也许你还没有意识到，猪肉涨价与粮食涨价有关，因为养猪的成本上升了；粮食涨价与燃油涨价有关，因为很多地和作物被拿去制作燃料乙醇了；气候变化的一个结果是极端天气，一场异常大的雨，就可能让供你吃饭的那块田地减产、绝收。气候变化的影响就在你的身边。看不到这点，反而更危险。

Angie Lee

You probably didn’t realize that increases in pork prices are related to increases in the price of foodstuffs, which is because the costs of raising pigs has increased. Increases in the price of foods are also related to increases in the price of fuel, and this is because more crops are being used to produce ethanol. Climate change is the cause of extreme weather, and the farm that used to provide your foodstuffs could be affected badly by unexpectedly heavy downpours. The impacts of climate change will be locally felt. If you don’t realise this, then it will be even more dangerous. Angie Lee