首页
登录
职称英语
The latest Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Progr
The latest Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Progr
游客
2024-08-14
9
管理
问题
The latest Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)contains some good news, but also a very serious warning about the threat posed by climate change.
The report, published annually since 1990, seeks to assess "human development" around the world, and calculates a "Human Development Index"(HDI)for 169 countries. The HDI is based on average income, life expectancy and level of education in a country. Not surprisingly, rich countries tend to have higher HDIs than poor countries, but there are interesting variations in human development among countries with similar levels of economic development, because some have better health and education systems than others.
According to the 2010 report, the country with the highest level of human development is Norway , followed by Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Ireland. Most of the lowest HDIs belong to countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Almost all countries around the world have higher HDIs now than in 1990, despite the fact that since the 2008 financial crisis, the total number of people living in extreme poverty has increased. The report concludes that most people are healthier, live longer, are better educated and have access to more goods and services. Even in countries with severe economic problems, people’s level of health and education has generally improved. Although sub-Saharan African countries are at the bottom of the pile in terms of human development, some of them have made significant progress since 1990. The report is critical, however, of the fact that economic inequality has increased significantly in the last twenty years, both within and between countries.
The greatest threat to improving HDIs in the future, according to the report, is climate change. Economic growth increases average incomes in a country through increasing production and consumption. However, if this leads to greater emissions of greenhouse gases, as has always been the case in the past, global warming will probably accelerate, and cause severe environmental problems in some parts of the world that will threaten the livelihoods of huge numbers of people. The progress of the last twenty years, therefore, might not be sustainable.
The only solution, according to the report, is to break the link between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions—which, needless to say, is easier said than done.
Questions 56—60
Complete the following form with no more than three words according to the passage.
[br]
选项
答案
climate change
解析
(由最后一段开头可知,气候变化是未来全球人类发展的最大威胁。因此填climate change,表示“气候变化”。)
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3719718.html
相关试题推荐
Writeareportonpay-for-contentconsumersinChinathroughtheyear2015—2018.
Whatisthefindingreportedinthenews?[br][originaltext]16.Researchersha
Whatisthefindingreportedinthenews?[br][originaltext]16.Researchersha
Whatisthefindingreportedinthenews?[br][originaltext]16.Researchersha
ThelatestHumanDevelopmentReportfromtheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgr
ThelatestHumanDevelopmentReportfromtheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgr
ThelatestHumanDevelopmentReportfromtheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgr
It’sreportedthatbytheendofthismonththeoutputofcementinthefactory_
Asanxiety-makers,examinationsaresecondtonone.Thatisbecausesomuchd
Asanxiety-makers,examinationsaresecondtonone.Thatisbecausesomuchd
随机试题
【S1】[br]【S6】K此空需要填一个动词,根据上下文意思即可知道用help最适合。
While,almosteverydepartmentofthefederalgovernmentisconcernedabout
A本题属于属性类题目。九宫格中的每幅图形都是轴对称图形,并且它们的对称轴组合成一个“米”字形状。依此规律,所求的图形应该为一个关于横轴对称的图形,只有A选项符合
(2018年真题)下列关于证券公司证券投资顾问业务的内部控制规定,说法正确的为(
共用题干 赵刚今年28岁,在中关村一家高科技公司上班,月薪4000元(税后,下
患儿男,5岁。因面部水肿2周,诊肾病综合征收入院。现患儿阴囊皮肤薄而透明,水肿明
某老年人照料设施占地面积10亩,建筑物总面积2272㎡,设计容纳人数为
女,60岁,2型糖尿病10年,口渴引饮,饮食减少,伴体重下降,精神不振,四肢乏力
患者,男,38岁。住院进行了髓关节置换术,术后第7天,患者忽感右侧下肢肿胀、疼痛
对于已经有戒烟意愿的吸烟者,作为临床医生,应该立即采取的措施是A.宣传戒烟的好处
最新回复
(
0
)