世界銀行(World Bank)近日在一份新報告中表示，數萬億美元被浪費在了對化石燃料、農業和漁業的補貼上，而這些補貼本可以用來應對氣候變化

世界銀行建議，政府對化石燃料的5770億美元補貼可以重新定向，用于更具生產力和可持續性的解決方案

根據這份報告，各國在可再生能源和低碳發展方面補貼支出約為其承諾的6倍

據油價網2023年6月16日報道，世界銀行(World Bank)近日在一份新報告中表示，將5770億美元的政府化石燃料補貼重新定向，可以釋放出至少5000億美元的資金，用于更可持續的用途。

世界銀行呼吁停止將數萬億美元浪費在農業、漁業和化石燃料補貼上，并將其用于幫助應對氣候變化，而不是危害人類和地球。

世界銀行的題為《脫癮發展：重新利用對環境有害的補貼》的報告發現，政府對農業、漁業和化石燃料的直接補貼加起來每年約為1.25萬億美元——相當于墨西哥這樣大型經濟體的規模。

報告稱，“直接或明確補貼，加上對化石燃料、農業和漁業的隱性補貼，每年超過7萬億美元，約占全球國內生產總值(GDP)的8%”。

隱性補貼——一種衡量補貼對人類和地球影響的指標——每年超過6萬億美元，負擔主要落在非富裕群體身上。

世界銀行表示：“為了補貼化石燃料消費，各國每年的支出大約是它們根據《巴黎協定》承諾的可再生能源和低碳發展資金的6倍。”

世界銀行表示：“重新調整這些補貼的方向，至少可以釋放出5000億美元資金，用于更具生產力和可持續性的用途。”

世界銀行高級常務董事Axel van Trotsenburg評論說：“人們說沒有錢用于氣候，但其實有——只是錢投錯了地方。”

“如果我們能重新定向浪費在補貼上的數萬億美元，把它們用于更好、更環保的用途，我們就能共同應對地球上許多最緊迫的挑戰。”Trotsenburg如是說。

李峻 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

World Bank Calls For Fossil Fuel Subsidies To Be Redirected

·     In a new report, the World Bank says that trillions of dollars are wasted on subsidies for fossil fuels, agriculture, and fisheries that could be used to address climate change.

·     The World Bank suggests $577 billion in government subsidies for fossil fuels could be redirected for more productive and sustainable solutions.

·     According to the report, countries spend about six times what they pledged to spend on renewable energies and low-carbon development on fossil fuel subsidies.

Redirecting the $577 billion in government subsidies for fossil fuels could unlock at least half a trillion dollars that could be put to more sustainable uses, the World Bank said in a new report.

The bank is calling for trillions of U.S. dollars stop being wasted on subsidies for agriculture, fisheries, and fossil fuels and be used to help address climate change instead of harming people and the planet.  

The World Bank’s report, Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies, found that direct government subsidies for agriculture, fishing, and fossil fuels combined are around $1.25 trillion a year—around the size of a big economy such as Mexico.  

Direct, or explicit subsidies, combined with implicit subsidies for fossil fuels, agriculture, and fisheries, exceed $7 trillion annually, which is around 8% of global gross domestic product (GDP), according to the report.

Implicit subsidies – a measure of the subsidies’ impact on people and the planet - amount to over $6 trillion a year and the burden fall mostly on the poor.

“To subsidize fossil fuel consumption, countries spend about six times what they pledged to mobilize annually under the Paris Agreement for renewable energies and low-carbon development,” the World Bank said.

“Redirecting these subsidies could unlock at least half a trillion dollars towards more productive and sustainable uses,” the bank says.

Axel van Trotsenburg, Senior Managing Director of the World Bank, commented, “People say that there isn’t money for climate but there is – it’s just in the wrong places.”

“If we could repurpose the trillions of dollars being spent on wasteful subsidies and put these to better, greener uses, we could together address many of the planet’s most pressing challenges.”