环保主义：“低碳环保”与“可持续(再生)能源”有关的词汇及其用法

环保主义：“低碳环保”与“可持续（再生）能源”有关的词汇及其用法

★gas-fired power and heating plants

★gas-fired power plant e.g. Gas-fired power plants are replacing coal for electricity generation, but not quickly enough to soak up all of the extra supply coming out of U.S. shale.

★geothermal energy

★geothermal power

★global warming e.g. Against the backdrop of the global warming, the risks faced by our large engineering projects have increased; Global warming affects the safety and stability of these big projects, as well as their operations and economic effectiveness, technological standards and engineering methods; The U.N.'s Figueres said constructing a new international framework to curb global warming was going to be more complex than earlier thought.

★green energy

★greenhouse effect

★greenhouse gas emissions e.g. Experts say the national plans countries are now compiling for that deal are unlikely to add up to the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions needed to keep global warming to an internationally agreed limit of 2 degrees Celsius; China is making "strenuous efforts" and will inform U.N. officials by Tuesday of its proposed national contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, in preparation for the international conference on climate change to be held in Paris this November and December.

★greenhouse gases e.g. This country, the world's biggest emitter of climate-changing greenhouse gases, has sought to shift increasingly to cleaner burning hydrocarbons such as

natural gas and to renewable energy.

★haze e.g. Pollution covered large parts of the country's east and centre as measures to curb the toxic haze were ordered to be implemented.

★heatwaves e.g. Unprecedented heatwaves, superstorms, wildfires, rising sea levels -- climate change is delivering serious challenges for many communities across America and around the world.

★hot dry rock geothermal energy

★hydroelectricity

★innovation economy

★low-carbon economy e.g. Putting a price on carbon would be the foundation for unlocking investment in low-carbon economies "with hope for jobs and competitiveness - not a picture of sacrifice and of loss and giving things up"; Investing in homegrown innovation, including the development of new, clean-energy technologies, is a crucial part of the fight against climate change –and is key to keeping America on the leading edge of the world’s transition to a low-carbon economy.

★low-carbon energy

★low-carbon future e.g. Last week, in Paris, nearly 200 countries came together to set the course for a low-carbon future.

★low-carbon growth e.g. We’ll continue to meet our climate finance commitments to help developing countries transition to low-carbon growth.

★low-carbon life

★low-carbon transformation e.g. Puts in place a long-term framework that incentivizes countries