D经济危机期间,政治领导人经常为保障就业而力主暂停环境保护。新加坡国立大学李光耀政府学院经济学家多铎. J. 唐巴比亚(Dodo J. Thampapillai)指出,这是一种错误的做法,经济的发展最终要依靠一个健康的环境以及对资源的可持续性利用。当前的金融危机提供了一次契机,各国政府可借此机会对经济活动进行重构,实现可持续发展。然而,衡量经济表现的常规标准根本无法检测出环境危害,尽管有研究者已经指出,全球对矿物能源的日益依赖和导致千万人丧生的极端事件之间存在着关联。富有竞争力的新兴经济体正在重复发达国家的老路:依赖矿物能源,不具备可持续性。近期的全球经济金融救助计划不仅忽视了环境问题的解决,而且对矿物能源的依赖变本加厉,使环境危机更加恶化。唐巴比亚提醒道,固守不可持续的旧传统无益于经济复苏,转而发展其他替代能源势在必行。——耶鲁全球
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多铎. J. 唐巴比亚,新加坡国立大学李光耀政府学院经济学家,澳大利亚麦考瑞大学(Macquarie University)环境经济学讲座教授。