除非政府能同时对用水习惯加以管理，否则输水工程并不能解决北京的长期缺水问题，中国水利水电科学研究院高级工程师尹明万告诉记者蒋洪涛。
Boosting supply won’t solve Beijing’s chronic water shortage unless the government also tackles the careless habits of city dwellers, Yin Mingwan tells Jiang Hongtao.
除非我们可以给出一个在政治上富有吸引力的低碳经济方案，否则没有人会为了别人的问题而采取行动。
Fear of the distant horrors of climate change isn't enough to drive anything more than just political talk and hand-wringing
中国正在尝试利用水交易来解决保证供应公平和避免生态破坏这个双重问题。
China approaches water trading with the twin problems of ensuring equity of supply and avoiding ecological damage
早在40年前，新加坡领导人就意识到一个社会在污染环境中的生活成本要比在清洁环境中高得多。中国也能认识到这一点吗？
Singapore’s leaders realised 40 years ago that it is much more expensive for a society to live in a polluted environment than a clean one
