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Global warming is actually a serious issue facing mankind, whileI’d like to illustrate it with a joke. Say, passengers are enjoying themselves a peaceful time in a plane. Suddenly, a voice came out of the loudspeaker. “Good evening, dear passengers, this is the pilot speaking. I’ve some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we’re making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we’re lost and don’t know where we’re going.”This is the joke without an end but it leaves us endless imagination. Now and here, why don’t we imagine together about something special?If we take “the rapid flying speed 530 miles per hour”as our economic growing rate, take“being lost”as our problems such as global warming in the process of economic development, take the destination as the final solutions to the problems, then the sad joke is seemingly telling us a fact that we don't know how to solve the problem of global warming when we are developing our economy at a fast speed.Global warming is defined as the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its continuation. Global warming has brought us much harm such as sea-level rise, extreme weather patterns like Indian Ocean Tsunami, pest and disease increase and agricultural output losses.They sound terrible! But can you believe that it is we, our human-beings that cause all these troubles? According to the scientific research, global warming is caused primarily by increa se in “greenhouse”gas emissions such as carbon dioxide emission, which mainly results from human activity. We started our pace to pollute the environment and destroy the ecological balance since the Industrial Revolution. Too much fossil fuel burning and deforestation have finally led to this crisis. Naturally, we can’t help asking how we should develop our economy more healthily while not at the cost of our environment!Thus, a new economic concept, low-carbon economy is introduced. Low-carbon economy refers to a new economic mode of less consumption of natural resources, less pollution, less emissions and more economic output. A direct result of it is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and essentially, it leads to a new change in the patterns of energy consumption and economic development as well as in human life.The concept was first put forward in the UK in 2003 in the Energy White Paper, titled “Our future energy, creating a low carbon economy”. The white paper’s influence and its policy direction have attracted considerable public attention and extensive discussion. In fact, more and more countries are making transition to becoming low-carbon economies and gaining the initiative in the new round of global competitions involves the development of a low-carbon economy.As for China, the development of LCE will not only help ease pressure on the national rising energy demands and reduce its dependence on energy import,but will also help boost environmental protection.The government has already taken some actions to develop the low-carbon economy. For our ordinary people, we should be actively advocate and practice low-carbon lifestyle. Be energy-saving, fuel-efficient and gas-saving. In a word, it is more an attitude than ability.Now let’s go back to the preceding joke. If I were the pilot, I would proud to tell the passengers, “Please don’t worry. We have found the direction and the destination is LCE, A Low-carbon Economy!”Thank you for listening!全球变暖其实是人类面对的一个很严肃的课题，然而我却想从一个笑话来引出话题。

说在飞机上，乘客们各自享受着宁静的时光，突然，从喇叭里传来了一个声音，只听那声音说：“晚上好，亲爱的乘客同志们，我是机长，我有一个好消息和一个坏消息要告诉大家。

好消息是：我们正已每小时530英里的速度在空中疾驰。

坏消息是：我们迷失了方向，不知道要去向何方。

”笑话就这样结束了，没有什么结尾，然而却留给了我们无尽的遐想。

此时此刻，我们何不共同来想点儿特别的东西呢？如果我们把“每小时530英里狂飞速度”看作是我们的经济增长率，把“迷失方向”看作是我们在发展过程中遇到的诸如全球变暖这样的难题，把“目的地”看作是解决问题的最终办法，那么这个忧伤的笑话似乎是在对我们讲述这样一个事实——我们在飞速发展经济的同时，却没办法解决诸如全球变暖这样的难题。

全球变暖指的是从20世纪中期直到现在地球表面及海洋平均气温的升高。

全球变暖给人类带来了很大的危害，比如说像海平面的升高、极端的气候模式（如印度洋海啸），病虫害的增加和农业歉收等等。

这些听起来都很糟糕！但是，你相信吗？正是所有这些麻烦都是我们人类造成的。

科学统计表明，全球变暖主要是由于诸如二氧化碳这样的温室气体排放量激增而引起的，而温室气体却主要来自于人类的各种活动。

人类从工业革命以来就已经开始污染环境、破坏生态平衡了。

石油燃料的大量燃烧以及乱砍乱伐森林最终导致这场危机。

我们不禁要问：人类如何健康地发展经济才能不危害到我们的环境？这样，我们引入了一个新的概念——低碳经济。

低碳经济指的是一种新的经济发展模式，即尽量少消耗自然资源，减少污染，减少排放而且要有较多的经济产出。

它直接带来的一个好处就是减少了温室气体的排放，而且最重要的是，它改变了能源消耗和经济发展的模式，也改变了人类的生活。

这一概念是在2003年英国的能源白皮书中提出的。

这一白皮书名为：《我们未来的能源，将创造一个低碳经济》。

这本白皮书的影响力及其在制定政策时的导向作用引发了广泛的关注和讨论。

事实上，越来越多的国家都在转型以成为低碳经济体并且想在新一轮的发展低碳经济的全球竞争中取得领先。

对于中国而言，发展低碳经济不仅可以缓解国家日益上升的能源压力、降低对能源进口的依赖，而且还可以促进环境保护。