外刊听读| 经济学人 低碳经济

Carbon and the Economy- the link between economic growth and rising emissions has been broken.

Related words:

1. sever 切断，中断 e.g. More rich countries have severed the link between economic growth and rising emissions of greenhouse gases.
2. the fossil-fuel age 化石能源时代
3. hand in hand 密切相关
4. reduce the pace of improvements in prosperity 放缓经济增长速度
5. service sectors 服务业
6. the energy intensity of growth 经济增长的能源密度
7. decarbonize 减少碳排放 E.g. The biggest polluters are going to have to decarbonise.
8. Carbon footprint 碳排放
9. renewables 可再生能源
10. scrimp and save 省吃俭用 e.g. I've been scrimping and saving all year to pay for our holiday.

Vocabulary:

1. pledge n.誓言，诺言 e.g. Thousands of people made pledges (= promised to give money) to the charity campaign. v. 发誓保证 e.g. I've been pledged to secrecy. 我承诺保守秘密
2. strikingly 异乎寻常的，引人注目的
3. complacency 自满，自鸣得意 e.g. What annoys me about these girls is their complacency - they seem to have no desire to expand their horizons.
4. timidity = the quality of being shy and nervous 害羞紧张的品质 e.g. We could not overcome our timidity to say that we loved each other.

Nice sentence:

1. （发达国家因为经济转型切断碳排放与经济同向变化的关系）More rich countries have severed the link between economic growth and rising emissions of greenhouse gases. They manage to increase their GDP while reducing their emissions. Because wealthy places are changing their economic structure, and expanding their service sectors, which use less energy than manufacturing. Take Britain-the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution-as an example, the vast majority of its output is now generated by accountants, shopping assistants and other service workers. That reduces the energy intensity of growth.
2. (为什么会提出不增长主义）Since the fossil-fuel age began, living standards and emissions have risen hand in hand. Coal, then oil, and natural gas, all brought prosperity while also raising global temperatures. This link has led a degrowth compaign-reducing the pace of improvements in overall prosperity, or reversing them altogether-would avoid the worst effects of climate change.
3. （发展新能源是另外一个解决之道）There are big gains to be had from making energy greener. Thanks to investment in renewables and greater electrification, such gains could soon be realised. That might boost long-term growth: an economy, which must scrimp and save to conserve energy, is less dynamic than one whose power is green, abundant and cheap.