相反，让数十亿人摆脱贫困不仅从本质上是桩善举；同时也能使社会在应对全球变暖和其他原因所导致的极端天气时更加从容。
Lifting billions of people out of poverty, however, would not only be intrinsically good; it would also make societies much more resilient in the face of extreme weather, whether caused by global warming or not.