正如2008年全球金融危机爆发时任美国财长的保尔森曾经警告的那样，气候变化引发的金融危机风险将使次贷危机风险相形见绌。
As Hank Paulson, Secretary of the US Treasury when the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, once warned, the risks of a climate-induced financial crisis would dwarf those of the sub-prime crisis.