【管理辞典】低碳经济 / Low-Carbon Economy

「释义」

低碳经济是以低能耗、低污染、低排放为基础的经济模式，是人类社会继农业文明、工业文明之后的又一次重大进步。低碳经济实质是高能源利用效率和清洁能源结构问题，核心是能源技术创新、制度创新和人类生存发展观念的根本性转变。

“低碳经济”最早见诸于政府文件是在2003年的英国能源白皮书《我们能源的未来:创建低碳经济》。

「应用场景」

在气候政策中，健康一直是缺失的一面。 人们普遍认为，低碳经济可能会给健康带来许多好处。（为简单起见，使用了“低碳经济”一词；尽管并非所有温室气体都含有碳，但温室气体也不是唯一的气候变化污染物，例如黑碳）。这些附带利益（通常称为共同利益）经常被政策制定者所忽视，并为进一步削减温室气体排放量提供了额外的理由。共同效益应使减少温室气体排放更具吸引力，因为这为加快实现公共卫生和气候目标提供了希望。

Health has been a missing dimension in climate policies. It is not widely appreciated that there are many benefits to health that are likely to accrue from a low carbon economy. (The term “low carbon economy” is used for simplicity; although not all greenhouse gases contain carbon, neither are greenhouse gases the only climate change pollutants—black carbon, for example). These collateral benefits (often called co-benefits) have frequently been overlooked by policymakers and constitute an added rationale for deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Co-benefits should make deep cuts in greenhouse gases more attractive because they offer the promise of accelerated progress towards both public health and climate goals. 

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How the low carbon economy can improve health

·海恩斯（Andy Haines）卡洛斯·多拉（Carlos Dora）| 文

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