Humanity's most fruitful course of action is to determine how to shape these changes, how to influence them and produce an environment where the changes that occur are those we want.

人类最有成效的行为莫过于确定如何形成这些变化，如何影响这些变化，从而创造一个所发生的变化符合我们需要的自然环境。

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How to win friends and influence people, Part I: pay them.

如何赢得朋友，影响众人？第一步：付钱给他们。

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How did big Banks come to have such influence that they can decide who can compete with them?

大银行如何能有这样的影响，他们可以决定谁可以与他们竞争？

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You have to figure out what they are and how to influence them.

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But it came as a surprise that prior to helping them learn how to influence, we had to draw their attention to it as their core work.

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Cyclones, floods and droughts aren't in themselves new - but how much is global warming likely to worsen them, and how far will countries like India be able to influence the global debate?

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