企业界开始把环境看作一个不可错失的市场机遇，而不再是一个风险管理问题。丹尼尔•C•艾斯缇在本文中指出, “一场绿色浪潮正在席卷企业世界”。
Businesses are beginning to see the environment not as a matter of risk management but of market opportunities not to be missed. Daniel C Esty sees “a green wave sweeping the corporate world”.
在威尔士一座青翠的山顶上，尽管当地居民强烈反对，挖掘机还是开始对英国最大的露天煤矿进行开采。这究竟是怎么回事呢？乔治·蒙贝尔特进行了调查。
On a green hilltop in Wales -- despite huge opposition from local people -- diggers have begun excavating what will be the largest opencast coal mine in Britain. Why is this happening? George Monbiot investigates.
中国经济巨擎可以说是建立在煤炭基础上的，然而几十年来，产煤区的居民却为此吃尽了苦头。巫楠讲述了一位年轻人毅然反抗的故事。
China’s behemoth economy may have been built on it, but the people who live in the country’s coal producing regions have been suffering the consequences for decades. Nan
Wutells the story of one young man who decided to fight back.
人工制冷的游泳池和海滩——这个波斯湾酋长国最新的过度开发项目——足以让环保人士为之悲叹。利奥•希克曼报道。
A refrigerated swimming pool and an artificially cooled beach – the Persian Gulf emirate’s latest development excesses -- are enough to make conservationists weep. Leo Hickman reports.
中国西南部一些地区正在期待着旅游业的成功能够保护其独一无二的生物财富，潘若思写到。但是在这些地区被开发之前，这真的能实现吗？
Parts of southwest China are counting on the promises of tourism to preserve their unique biological riches, writes Ross Perlin. But can this really be achieved before the area is lost to development?
英国首都避开中央政府的“疯狂讨论”，制定了自己的全面气候变化目标。穆瑞•阿姆斯特朗报道。
The British capital has sidestepped the central government's “carnival of debate” and set itself some comprehensive climate-change targets. Murray Armstrong reports.
中国的首都北京因缺水和人口膨胀已经发展到了它的环境容量可以承受的极限。梅新育说，在这种情况下，中国是应当认真考虑迁都的时候了。
Beijing, China’s water-poor and overpopulated capital, is stretching its resources to the limit. It is time for a new strategy, writes Mei Xinyu, the country should seriously consider moving its capital.
在今后50年中，由于受到气候变化的影响，人类生活将会变成什么样子？英国的一位顶级环境科学家尼尔•艾杰尔认为，生活在世界上最脆弱地区的人们将不得不做出痛苦的抉择。
What will living with the effects of climate change be like within 50 years? Neil Adger, a leading British environmental economist, sees painful decisions ahead for people in vulnerable regions around the world.
要达成新的全球气候协议必须有亚洲发展中国家的参与，但参与形式应该是怎样的呢？安德鲁•史蒂文森和陆恭蕙在本文中讨论了“后京都时代”的几种选择。
The road to a new global climate agreement must include Asian developing countries, but what form can it take? Andrew Stevenson & Christine Loh survey the options for a post-Kyoto world.
2004年，由生产出口西方的商品而造成的排放占了中国二氧化碳总排放的近四分之一。王韬和吉姆•沃森认为，富裕国家必须帮助发展中国家实现向低碳经济的转型。
China’s exports to the west accounted for almost a quarter of the country’s total CO2 emissions in 2004. Rich countries must help the developing world make the switch to a low-carbon economy, write Wang
Tao& Jim Watson.
人类在过去100中的过度捕捞导致了鳕鱼、鲨鱼、金枪鱼和箭鱼等大型鱼类数目急剧减少。
A century of overfishing by humans has seen a vast reduction in the numbers of large fish, such as cod, sharks, tuna and swordfish
在过去的五年，洪水和暴风等自然灾害已造成中国近5000万人流离失所。
Natural hazards like floods and storms have forced almost 50 million people in China from their homes over past five years
行业团体警告说，如果欧盟继续推进针对中国产低价光伏板征收惩罚性关税的计划，太阳能价格将飙升，需求则会暴跌。
Solar prices will soar and demand will plummet if the EU presses ahead with tariffs on cheap PV panels from China, warn industry groups
印度农业遭遇危机，农民自杀事件接连发生，兰詹娜•帕迪的新作《遗孀》讲述了这一背景下妇女的艰难处境。
Written against the backdrop of continuing suicides among Indian farmers, a new book describes the impact of the country’s agricultural crisis on women
短评 in brief
如果人类不能消除对生态和地球系统的无知，世界将会怎样？卡斯帕•亨德森认为，弗雷德•古特尔的《物种的命运》一书对最坏的情形进行了令人惊心的概述。
The Fate of the Species by Fred Guterl is a bracing overview of the worst that can happen if humans do not overcome their ecological and Earth-systems illiteracy, writes Caspar Henderson.
