美国应主动带动碳排放交易市场_BEC初级作文

美国应主动带动碳排放交易市场

The developing world will undoubtedly suffer a bigger fallout from global warming than most of the west. Countries such as Bangladesh confront the spectre of submergence while China, India and others are directly threatened by the retreat of the Himalayan glaciers. With or without US leadership, it is in their interests to take action.

全球变暖让发展中世界受到的影响，无疑比大部分西方世界受到的影响更大。孟加拉等国笼罩在被淹没的恐惧中，而中国、印度等国则直接受到喜马拉雅山冰川消融的威胁。无论有没有美国的领导，采取行动应对这一问题都符合这些国家的利益。

Yet this week’s US climate change report underlines the growing price Americans are paying at home. The report shows that average US temperatures have risen by almost 2 degrees centigrade since 1895 with most of it taking place over the past four decades. The incidence of drought, big hurricanes and unusually heavy rainfall has soared.

然而本周美国的气候变化报告凸显出，这一问题让美国人在本土付出的代价也越来越高了。报告显示，自1895年至今，美国的平均气温上升了近两摄氏度，其中大部分升幅发生在过去40年中。旱灾、飓风以及反常暴雨的发生频率也大大增加。

So too has the price of dealing with the consequences. It cost more than $60bn to clean up after Hurricane Sandy in 2017 – a storm that nearly submerged large tracts of New York City. Now the US is spending billions more to upgrade its tidal barriers. Meanwhile, the cost of water in the drought-prone southwest keeps rising.