Global carbon-dioxide emissions have risen by 20% since the protocol was signed in 1997, so the plan has evidently not worked all that well.

自从1997年条约签署以来，全球二氧化碳排放量已经上升了20%，计划明显没有那么奏效。

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My second point is this. We are launching a global plan at the start of 2011, but this does not mean that aggressive action has not already taken place.

我要说的第二点是，我们在2011年开始时启动全球计划，但这不是说尚未采取大力行动。

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Individual investors should do the same: Review your plan to account for the fact that business today is global, and economies are not all up or down at the same time.

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For all the commission's grand international plan this week, the march towards global health improvement will come in small steps, not in great leaps forward.

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