The uncomfortable and inconvenient truth is that the physical resources of the biosphere are finite.

生物圈内的物质资源是有限的。

Again, it's just like insurance, except instead of pooling money, we're pooling a physical resource.

这就跟买保险一样，不过，这里集中的不是钱，而是物质资源。

A second benefit of networks was the ability to share physical resources.

网络的第二个好处是能够共享物理资源。

We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental resources.

我们只利用了我们身体和精神资源的一小部分。

Much like physical resources, an outbreak requires a larger workforce to provide the capacity for treatments, testing, and the operations of the hospital.

与物理资源非常相似，疫情爆发需要更大的劳动力来提供治疗、检测和医院运营的能力。

One of the main advantages of libraries is that they offer access to physical resources that are not available online.

图书馆的主要优势之一是它们提供对在线无法获得的物理资源的访问。

We've mentioned that for both physical resources and healthcare workers, response capacity can be increased by simply having, or quickly getting, more of them when an outbreak happens.

我们已经提到，对于物理资源和医护人员来说，当疫情爆发时，只需拥有或快速获得更多资源，就可以提高响应能力。

So communication networks help them share resources like patient records and test data to measure how the outbreak is evolving and even exchange physical resources like medicine or staff.

因此，通信网络帮助他们共享资源，如患者记录和测试数据，以衡量疫情如何演变，甚至交换物理资源，如药物或工作人员。

But if we can do this, we create a second and third lifefor every physical resource, increasing its lifetime value and delaying its journey to the landfill.

但如果我们能做到这一点， 我们就能为每种物质资源创造第二次和第三次生命，增加其生命周期价值并推迟其进入垃圾填埋场的旅程。

Many connected circles, in fact, where every a physical resource finds another use and another life, driving down greenhouse gas emissions from new manufacturing, shrinking harmful landfill and creating a lot of jobs.

事实上，许多相互联系的循环， 每一种物质资源都找到了另一种用途和另一种生命，减少了新制造业的温室气体排放，减少了有害垃圾填埋场并创造了大量就业机会。

We see UNEP as a critical partner in helping us find a pathway to being able to unlock the physical resources that are necessary to make sure that in this interdependent world, we do not fall.

我们将 UNEP 视为一个重要的合作伙伴，帮助我们找到能够释放必要的物质资源的途径，以确保我们在这个相互依存的世界中不会倒下。