美丽的风景作文300字
大自然：新冠疫情的最新受害者
作者：因迪娅·伯克
来源：《英语世界》2021年第03期
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Even as birdsong filtered more clearly than ever through the world’s quiet streets this spring， there was a healthy scepticism around the idea that nature was in fact “returning”.
The #WeAreTheVirus hashtag， which early on in the Covid-19 lockdowns noted the natural world’s apparent ret， was quickly repurpod. Urs instead added it alongside doctored or nonnsical images to humorously undermine the original meme’s own anti-humanity and over-simplification： dinosaurs returning to Times Square， cows returning to the a.
This switch was rooted in a n that， far from removing environmental challenges， the pandemic may make them even harder to solve.管库
钓鲤鱼 As one Instagram ur put it to me： “Capitalism is the virus that needs to be changed， not humans as a whole.”
And as parts of the world begin to pull themlves out from under the first wave of in
fections， much of the scepticism surrounding nature’s apparent recovery now ems justified.
Not only is the Arctic literally on fire， but the pollutants that ravaged our atmosphere before Covid-19 are likely to return with a vengeance as soon as its spread is curbed. Oil demand is t to bounce back in 2021. Airlines have successfully lobbied for an amendment2 to their climate targets. According to the International Energy Agency chief， the world only has six months to stave off3 climate catastrophe.
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Biodiversity is also suffering. In Brazil， deforestation has soared during lockdown， with a government minister suggesting the pandemic’s distraction should be ud to increa deregulation. In Kenya， there has been an alarming ri in bushmeat4 and ivory poaching. Even within the UK， badgers may have been saved by a reduction in road u—but birds’ eggs have been eaten by rats owing to the abnce of conrvationists to protect them.
Nor do many governments yet em equipped to meet the challenge. A new report fr
om Britain’s Committee on Climate Change5， asssing the British government’s progress towards its climate goals， finds the government has failed against 14 of 21 ctoral indicators of progress. In the US and China， the rush to rescue their most polluting ctors is not yet pursuing anything like a green stimulus6. And while the EU says it has put fighting climate change at the heart of its Covid-19 recovery plans， its current proposals leave in place existing support for dirty industries.
“A world of clean air and good green jobs is there for the taking7. There’s no guarantee we’ll take that path， though，” Rosie Rogers， head of green recovery at Greenpeace UK， told me. “For all the voices backing a green recovery， the emergence from lockdown could still e us locked further into polluting systems. We’re already eing a rapid bounceback in carbon emissions as public transport remains off limits and car u increas.”
田中一光 It doesn’t have to be this way， however. In last week’s CCC report8， the body urged the UK to “ize the opportunity” for a “green recovery”， such as through bringing 一条短信
forward car bans and raising subsidies for electric alternatives. Around the world， calls for Green New Deals are growing， with governments both under pressure to create and spend money， as well as to tackle rising unemployment. South Korea has already gone some way to taking the plunge9.
别人体 Wildlife scientists are also hoping to u data gathered during the lockdowns to quantify humanity’s impact on nature better. And among all the painful disruptions the pandemic has brought， there is a small silver lining10 of incread engagement with the natural world—both locally， through visits to parks， and more widely， in the surge in numbers tuning into wildlife cams.
