As global growth picks up after the economic crisis, carbon emissions are going back up too. With China and India back on track to double their gross domestic product every decade, and with coal providing nearly 30 per cent of global energy, the chances of stabilising and reducing emissions are low. Indeed, little progress has been made in the last two decades. Only recessions lower emissions – and then only for a short time.
隨著經濟危機后全球加速增長，碳排放也在回升。在中國和印度重新回到國內生產總值(GDP)每十年翻一番、而全球近30%的能源來自煤炭的情況下，穩定并削減碳排放的可能性非常之低。事實上，過去二十年幾乎沒有取得任何進展。只有經濟衰退才會降低碳排放——而且僅有很短一段時間。
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