温家宝在2012联合国可持续发展大会上的演讲（可持续发展话题）

尊敬的主席女士，女士们、先生们、朋友们：我代表中国政府，对联合国可持续发展大会的召开表示热烈祝贺！对巴西政府为举办本次大会付出的努力表示衷心感谢！

自工业革命以来，人类社会创造了超过以往所有时代的物质财富，同时也面临人口膨胀、发展失衡、资源枯竭、环境恶化等重大挑战。

Madame President,Ladies and Gentlemen,Dear Friends, on behalf of the Chinese government, I wish to express warm congratulations on the opening of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development and my sincere thanks to the Brazilian government for hosting this conference.

Since the Industrial Revolution, mankind has created more material wealth than in several thousand years before it. But we also face major challenges such as population explosion, imbalances in development, resources depletion and environmental degradation.

20年前，在这里举行的联合国环境与发展大会，开启了人类可持续发展的新纪元。20年来，可持续发展理念深入人心，实现千年发展目标取得重大进展。对此，我们深受鼓舞！

但是全球可持续发展进程并不平衡，南北差距不断扩大，资源环境问题并未缓解，金融危机、气候变化、能源和粮食安全、地区冲突等因素给可持续发展带来新的严峻挑战。

The UN Conference on Environment and Development held here 20 years ago ushered in a new era of sustainable development for mankind. We are heartened to see that in the past 20 years, the concept of sustainable development has been widely accepted, and major progress has been made in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.

On the other hand, the global process of sustainable development is not balanced. The gap between the North and the South is widening. Resources and environment related issues remain acute. Sustainable development faces new and grave challenges posed by the international financial crisis, climate change, energy and food security and local conflicts.

今天的世界，已经没有新的大陆和绿洲可被发现，保护资源环境、实现永续发展是我们唯一的选择。展望未来，我们期待一个绿色繁荣的世界，这个世界没有贫困和愚昧，没有歧视和压迫，没有对自然的过度索取和人为破坏，而是达到经济发展、社会公平、环境友好的平衡和谐，让现代文明成果惠及全人类、泽被子孙后代。我认为，这应当是我们携手推进全球可持续发展的长期愿景。

In the world today, with no new continent or oasis to be discovered, preserving resources and the environment to achieve sustainable development is the only choice we have. Looking ahead, what we should have is a green and prosperous world. In this world, there is no poverty or ignorance, no discrimination or oppression, and no excessive exploitation and human destruction of the nature. In this world, there is a right balance among economic development, social equity and sound environment. In this world, the progress of modern civilization benefits all the people and their posterity. Such a world should be the ultimate goal we should pursue as we work together to advance the global process of sustainable development.

携手推进可持续发展，应当坚持公平公正、开放包容的发展理念。我们既要勇于承担保护地球的共同责任，又要正视各国发展阶段、发展水平不同的客观现实，继续发扬伙伴精神，坚持里约原则，特别是共同但有区别的责任原则，确保实现全球可持续发展，确保在这一过程中各国获得公平的发展权利。

To jointly promote sustainable development, we should take a fair, just, open and inclusive approach. We must face up to the common responsibility of protecting our Mother Planet while recognizing that countries are at different stages and levels of development. We should continue to work as partners, adhere to the Rio Principles, especially the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, promote global sustainable development and ensure equal right to development for all countries.