VOA标准英语2014--Report: Action on Climate Change Boosts Economic Growth
时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2014年(九月)
Report: Action on Climate Change Boosts Economic Growth
A landmark 1 report released Tuesday at the United Nations finds that taking action on climate change is compatible with economic growth.
The report comes one week before the U.N. Climate Summit on September 23 that is expected to bring together 125 heads of state with business and civic 2 leaders to begin discussion about a new global climate treaty.
The report from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate makes the economic case for taking bold action now on climate change. At the report launch, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said that with polluting climate changing gases at record levels, the world can no longer afford to burn its way to prosperity.
“We need a structural 3 transformation 4 in the global economy," he said. "This report argues for a new model where economic growth and climate action are mutually reinforcing and it shows how we can build it.”
?Former Mexico president Felipe Calderon chaired the commission, which is composed of two dozen scientists, politicians and business professionals from every part of the world. They noted 5 that by 2030, an additional one billion people will have moved into cities.
Exactly how governments manage the projected $90 trillion that will be invested in energy systems, urban development and land use over the next 15 years, Calderon said, will shape future growth, productivity and living standards.
"If we don’t take action in the coming years, it will be every day more expensive and more difficult to shift towards a low carbon economy at the global level," he said.
According to the report, more compact urban centers built around mass transit 6 could grow the economy while producing less pollution and ultimately prove healthier places to live.
The report also says restoring degraded farm land could feed millions of people. According to Jeremy Oppenheim, the Commission's Program Director, dramatic price drops are already making investments in renewable energy more attractive.
“The cost of solar has come down by 90 percent in the last half-dozen years," he said. "We find in parts of the world ranging from Brazil to Texas that renewable energy in both of those cases, wind, can compete in auctions 7 and win the right to produce energy versus 8 new build up in coal.”
Among the steps the Commission recommends to avoid a warmer world are phasing out subsidies 9 for fossil fuels, putting a price on carbon and scaling up innovation in low-carbon technology.
Commissioners 10 say success at next week's Climate Summit will depend on whether leaders adopt the idea central to their report: taking action to reduce climate change as an investment, not an expense, and that economic growth and responsible climate policies go hand in hand.
The outcome could be at the core of a new climate treaty, says economist 11 and report advisor 12 Nicolas Stern with the London School of Economics.
“So it is very important that the presidents and prime ministers recognize the challenge is to combine the two and that actually the only sensible route to combine the two is feasible and it’s attractive.”
The new climate agreement will be finalized 13 at a United Nations conference in Paris at the end of next year. Stern says the Climate Summit is an opportunity for leaders to announce ambitious actions that can help avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change.
- The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
- The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
- The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
- The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。
- Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
- He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- They picked up most of the furniture at auctions in country towns. 他们大部分的家具都是在乡村镇上的拍卖处买的。 来自辞典例句
- Our dealers didn't want these cars, so we had to dump them at auctions. 我们的承销商都不要这些车子,因此我们只好贱价拍卖。 来自辞典例句
- The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
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- Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Commissioners of Inland Revenue control British national taxes. 国家税收委员管理英国全国的税收。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The SEC has five commissioners who are appointed by the president. 证券交易委员会有5名委员,是由总统任命的。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
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- They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
- The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。