首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
The European Union revealed on January 23rd how it plans to save the world. A mammoth climate-change plan spells out in detail h
The European Union revealed on January 23rd how it plans to save the world. A mammoth climate-change plan spells out in detail h
admin
2014-03-15
31
问题
The European Union revealed on January 23rd how it plans to save the world. A mammoth climate-change plan spells out in detail how much pain each of its 27 members will have to beat if the EU is to meet ambitious targets set by national leaders last March.
The aim is to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by 2020 by at least a fifth, and more than double to 20% the amount of energy produced from renewable sources such as wind or wave power. If fuel from plants proves green enough, 10% of the fuel used in transport must come from biofuels by the same date. The new plan turns these goals into national targets. This will surely start much grumbling and months of horse-trading, as the European Commission’s recommendations are turned into binding law by national governments and the European Parliament.
Countries with greenery in their veins are being asked to take more of the burden uian newer members. Sweden, for example, is being invited to meet 49% of its energy from renewables. At the other end, Malta gets a renewables target of just 10%. It is a similar story when it comes to cutting greenhouse gases; by 2020, Denmark must cut emissions by 20% from 2005 levels; Bulgaria and Romania, the newest members, may let their emissions rise by 20%.
EU leadership on climate change will not come cheap. The direct costs alone may be 60 billion ($ 87 billion) , or about 0.5% of total EU GDP, by 2020, said the commission’s president, Jose Manuel Barroso. But this is still presented as a bargain compared with the cost of inaction , which Mr. Barroso put at ten times as high. "Oh, leading the world in the fight against climate change need not cost jobs. Even in the most heavily polluting branches of heavy industry. We want to keep out industry in Europe," insisted Mr. Barroso.
The trick to achieve the seemingly impossible targets is the EU’ s emissions-trading scheme (ETS). This obliges big polluters such as power companies or manufacturing giants to trade permits that allow them to emit CO2 and other climate-change nasties, within a steadily tightening overall cap. If countries such as the US do not sign binding international agreements by 2001, then the heaviest greenhouse-gas emitters inside the EU may be given these allowances free, the commission suggests. Or, it threatens, firms to buy ETS permits.
To its member nations, the EU’ s plan means_____.
选项
A、a fierce competition
B、an ideal goal
C、a good opportunity
D、a difficult task
答案
D
解析
欧盟的计划对其成员国意味着什么?从第一段中可知,一份应对气候改变的庞大计划详细地说明了:如果欧盟要想实现各国领导人于去年3月制定的野心勃勃的目标,它的27个成员国必须要受到多少痛苦。第二段中列出了该目标的具体内容,后面又说这必将引起众多的抱怨和数月的争论。第五段中说,为实现这个看似不可能的目标,欧盟的方法是制定排放交易。这些都表明了欧盟的计划对其成员国是一项艰巨的任务。因此D项为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/M3hi777K
0
在职申硕(同等学力)英语
相关试题推荐
Formillionsofyearsbeforetheappearanceoftheelectriclight,shiftwork,all-nightcableTVandtheInternet,theEarth’s
Visualimpairment(视觉障碍)carrieswithitareducedorrestrictedabilitytotravelthroughone’sphysicalandsocialenvironmentu
Sometimes,themessagesareconveyedthroughdeliberate,consciousgestures;othertimes,ourbodiestalkwithoutourevenknowi
Ifyour______livelypetsbecomepassive,theymightbeill.
ThetemperaturesaresomewhatlowerthantheaveragetemperatureinMaythisyear.
A:Reservations.HowmayIhelpyou?B:______.
Michael,anAmericanprofessionalbasketballplayer,isconsideredbymanytobethegreatestplayerinbasketballhistory.The
Zooshavebecomeanimportantsiteforthepreservationandprotectionofwildliferesources,【C1】______thosespeciesthatareen
Althoughitseemedtotakeallherstrength,thepatient______upasmiletohermom.
Iwilltrytoconfirmwhetheryourreservationshavebeenprocessed.
随机试题
对于经销数额的规定,一般采取的做法是()
A.我国实施药品分类管理的指导思想B.我国实施药品分类管理的目标C.我国实施药品分类管理的基本原则D.我国遴选非处方药的指导思想E.我国遴选非处方药的原则
下列关于合伙企业经营积累的财产性质的说法哪一项是正确的?()。
[2007年,第2题](07年)设平面π的方程为2x-2y+3=0,以下选项中错误的是()。
工程项目总控的特点有()。
风管安装要求包括:固定室外立管的拉索,严禁与避雷针和避雷网相连,()。
某电信公司2009年度,发生相关业务如下:(1)当年为新入网客户提供通信服务,取得收入500万元,同时销售电话座机收入20万元,收取电话机安装费收入2万元;(2)当年销售长途IP电话卡业务,面值收入700万元,当年财务会计上体现折让比例
《巴塞尔新资本协议》对三大风险加权资产规定了不同的计算方法。其中对市场风险资产,商业银行可以采取的方法是()。
下列各句中,没有歧义的一句是()。
鸦片战争前中国同英国相比在政治、经济和军事上存在着哪些差距?到19世纪60年代,外来因素使中国社会出现了哪些变化?变化中进步的主流是什么?
最新回复
(
0
)