波兹南—现今的经济危机给本月在波兰举行的气候变化谈判蒙上了一层阴影。 当谈判者希望能够就达成国际气候协议取得具体进展时，世界上两个最大的污染排放国则不够专心—美国在操心防止总统换届期间发生金融体系的崩溃，中国在关注国内投资的下滑和国外对其制造产品的需求减少。
POZNAN – The current economic crisis cast a pall over climate change talks held this month in Poland.  While negotiators hoped for concrete progress towards an international climate agreement, the world’s two largest polluters were distracted – the US with preventing a collapse of the financial system in the midst of a presidential transition, China with a slowdown in domestic investment and weakening foreign demand for its manufactured goods.