中国的各大高等教育学院正在掀起一场绿色运动。 李鹏报道说，从运作二手书市场、举办时装表演和气候变化会议到参与Live Earth演唱会，环保社团在引领中国学生走上绿色之路。
Universities across China are buzzing with green activity, says Li
Peng.
From book swaps and fashion shows, to climate conferences and the Live Earth concerts, student green groups are leading the way.
中国最近在＂十七大＂会议上提出了要建设生态文明的构想。马军说，这是对中国未来发展模式的又一次界定。那么，中国是否将从此引入绿色发展模式？
China’s recent Party Congress unveiled a new determination to redefine the country’s model of economic growth, writes Ma Jun. Can a greener form of development now emerge from China?
印度已经独立了60年了，但是它迈向自由和机遇的征途仍未走完。本文分两部分，在第一部分中，马利尼•梅赫拉阐述了这个国家所面临的至关紧要的气候挑战。
Sixty years after independence, India’s journey to freedom and opportunity is still incomplete. In the first segment of a two-part article, Malini Mehra sets out the country’s crucial climate challenge.
印度不应惧怕而应以新的姿态来迎接气候变化挑战，并把这一努力看作发展的机遇。在本文的第二部分中，马利尼•梅赫拉认为印度需要一个真正的领导者。
India must take a new approach, not responding to climate change with an attitude of fear, but seeing it as an opportunity for growth. In the second half of a two-part article, Malini Mehra says it’s time for a real leadership.
德国的一项能源研究指出，2006年石油生产达到峰值，今后将以每年7%的速度递减。随着需求增加和价格的上涨，化石燃料的短缺将引发经济重组。那么，会就此引发混乱吗？ 阿什利•西格报道。
Petroleum output peaked in 2006 and now will drop annually, according to a German energy study. As demand – and prices – rise, a scarcity of fossil fuels will bring economic restructuring. Ashley Seager reports.
菲尔•伍拉斯是英国政府中负责气候变化、能源和可持续发展的部长。这里，他与山姆•吉尔谈论了他在中英可持续发展对话中正在从事的工作。
Phil Woolas is a minister of state for climate change, energy and sustainable development in the British government. Here, he talks to Sam Geall about his ongoing work with the UK-China Sustainable Development Dialogues.
到２０２０年，中国新建的城市住房建筑总面积将超过１５０亿平方米，相当于欧盟现有建筑面积的总和。那么，建筑部门应该如何面对全球变暖带来的挑战呢？李骏报道。
By 2020, China will have built more than 15 billion square metres of urban housing, equal to the European Union’s entire current building stock. Li Jun reports on how the building sector can wake up to the challenges posed by a warming planet.
这个国家的政府提议由发达国家每年支付3亿5千万美元的不再抽汲原油费，从而避免对东部雨林造成更多的污染。这是个现实的提议，还是个乌托邦式的空想？罗里 •卡罗尔 报道。
The country suggests that the developed world pay it $350 million a year not to pump any more crude, thereby avoiding further pollution of its eastern rainforest. Is this a realistic – or a utopian -- idea? Rory Carroll reports.
中国的发展使2亿人摆脱了贫困，但也带来了一系列新的问题。约翰•沃伯顿和里奥•霍恩写了这篇内容丰富的文章，在第一部分里，他们概括了中国的生态现状。
China’s growth has lifted over 200 million people out of poverty, but raised a new set of problems. In the first part of a wide-ranging essay, John Warburton & Leo Horn survey the country’s ecological state of affairs.
中国给发展中世界带来了巨大的经济机遇，但是对于其在国际舞台上的现身，反应是复杂的。约翰·沃伯顿和里奥·霍恩在文章的第二部分中写道。
China brings great economic opportunities to the developing world, but there are mixed reactions to the country’s emergence on the world stage. John Warburton & Leo Horn conclude their two-part article.
至年初官方严打危害食品安全犯罪起，已有900余人因生产销售假肉而被捕，其中更有甚者以老鼠肉冒充羊肉。
After more than 900 arrests over the selling of fake meat, including rat as mutton, officials face an uphill battle to change a fraudulent culture
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
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.
