Given this summer's climate-driven disasters, one might think that the European political system would be devising comprehensive adaptation plans. But, despite some steps in the right direction, Europeans are only just waking up to the constitutional implications of a changing physical environment.
thinks a changing climate will force the European Union finally to embrace its political nature.
纽约—我在印度长大，无法接种脊髓灰质炎疫苗，当我还是婴儿时，这种疾病使我的双腿瘫痪。结果，我做了很多手术，没有腿托和拐杖就不能走路。我的故事不是独一无二的。 1988 年全球根除脊髓灰质炎行动 (GPEI) 成立时（当时我 10 岁），该疾病每年使全世界大约 350,000 名儿童瘫痪。
34 年后，免疫运动几乎消灭了脊髓灰质炎。但是，除非我们今天资助新的疫苗接种计划，否则我们将面临疾病卷土重来的风险。
GPEI协调一线工作人员、社区、国家政府和全球合作伙伴，帮助儿童接种疫苗。它在减少脊髓灰质炎病例方面发挥了重要作用，现在正在引领彻底消除这种疾病的计划。自 1988 年以来，GPEI 已经帮助 三十亿儿童接种了脊髓灰质炎疫苗，让超过 2000 万原本会瘫痪的人能够行走。
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