If they overly value national security and undervalue global security or you could say, future security, they will not expend the effort required to treat environmental problems at their root.

• 特别是领导人的观念，如果他们过分重视国家安全而轻视全球安全或者说未来安全，那么他们就不会花大力气采纳能根治环境问题的“治本”方案了。