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欧洲决意衰退

Jun 10, 2010 Bjørn Lomborg

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英雄般地在最黯淡的经济前景中找到一丝光明后，欧盟气候专员称，全球经济危机和衰退事实上为所有人提供了幸运的歇息机会。

康妮·赫泽高专员说，经济活动的放缓将使欧盟更容易达到2020年温室气体排放比1990年低20%的目标。事实上，赫泽高相信，既然降低排放量变得如此容易，那么欧盟的首脑们应该更有雄心壮志：单边把20%的削减量上升到30%——大卫·卡梅伦的英国新政府支持这一想法。

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Bjørn Lomborg

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Bjørn Lomborg, a visiting professor at the Copenhagen Business School, is Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center. His books include The Skeptical Environmentalist, Cool It, How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place, The Nobel Laureates' Guide to the Smartest Targets for the World, and, most recently, Prioritizing Development. In 2004, he was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people for his research on the smartest ways to help the world.

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