没人会认为这样的协议会掉转气候变化的潮头。

No one should imagine such a deal would turn the tide on climate change.

目前，当标准普尔500家公司被起诉时，总会有一位令人尊敬的投资人勇立“讼棍”潮头。

Nowadays, when S&P 500 companies are sued, a respected investor will almost always step forward to lead the disgruntled masses.

“高大的潮头过后我们能看到一些蝠鲼，”GuyStevens说道，他是一位研究马尔代夫蝠鲼三年之久的英国海洋生物学家。

Cue Manta birostris. "Just after high tide you'll see a few manta rays turn up, " says Guy Stevens, a British marine biologist who's been researching the Maldives mantas for the past three years.

一些保守派政客热衷于去爬上这波令人不快的潮头浪尖，部分出于担心如果他们不这样做，不负责的民粹主义者将取代他们的位置。

Some conservative politicians have been eager to clamber aboard this unpleasant bandwagon, partly out of fear that if they don’t irresponsible populists will take their places.