吕学都博士，中国国家科技部全球环境办公室副主任，联合国《京都议定书》CDM执行理事会委员，中国气候谈判代表团成员
Lü Xuedu is deputy director-general of the Office of Global Environmental Affairs, a part of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology. Dr. Lu is a member of the UNFCCC Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) executive board and of the Chinese delegation for climate change negotiations.
每次气候变化会议上的讨论都非常激烈，这次的巴厘峰会也不例外。但吕学都指出，为有效解决全球变暖问题，各缔约方需从全球的角度考虑问题并展开合作，依照自己的能力和义务，真正履行相应的责任。
Heated debate occurs at every climate-change conference and Bali will be no different. But, writes Xuedu Lu, progress will come only through cooperative nations taking a global perspective and acting according to their abilities and obligations.
正在巴厘岛举行的联合国会议将为京都协议后期的气候变化谈判设立框架。吕学都强调说，巴厘会议至关重要，因它关系到了全人类的生存和发展 。
Negotiations at the UN climate conference in Bali will be critically important. In shaping how the world confronts climate change in the post-Kyoto years, argues Xuedu Lu, the talks will address humanity's very survival.
