尽管哥本哈根峰会原本最有希望实现的成果（一份限制碳排放的全球协定 ） ， 目前已几乎无望成为现实；但其次优结果（关于具体措施的谈判将在普遍善意之框架内继续进行）也并不很糟。
While the most hopeful outcome of the Copenhagen summit – a global pact limiting carbon emissions – has now been all but ruled out, the second-best outcome – negotiations on specific measures continue within a framework of general goodwill – would not be a disaster.