Yang Lan, Wang Yutao, Wang Ranran, Klemeš Jiří Jaromír, Almeida Cecília Maria Villas Bôas de, Jin Mingzhou, Zheng Xinzhu, Qiao Yuanbo
Fudan Tyndall Center and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China.
Institute of Eco-Chongming (SIEC), No.3663 Northern Zhongshan Road, 200062, Shanghai, China.
Nat Commun. 2020 Sep 8;11(1):4490. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18338-3.
Asia-Pacific (APAC) has been the world's most dynamic emerging area of economic development and trade in recent decades. Here, we reveal the significant and imbalanced environmental and socio-economic effects of the region's growths during 1995-2015. Owing to the intra-regional trade of goods and services, APAC economies grew increasingly interdependent in each other's water and energy use, greenhouse gas (GHG) and PM emissions, and labor and economic productivity, while the environmental and economic disparity widened within the region. Furthermore, our results highlight APAC's significant role in globalization. By 2015, APAC was engaged in 50-71% of the virtual flows of water, energy, GHG, PM, labor, and value added embodied in international trade. While the region's final demand and trade grew less resource- and emissions-intensive, predominantly led by China's transformations, APAC still lags behind global averages after two decades. More joint efforts of APAC economies and attention to sustainable transformation are needed.
近几十年来，亚太地区一直是世界上经济发展和贸易最具活力的新兴地区。在此，我们揭示了1995年至2015年期间该地区经济增长所带来的重大且不均衡的环境和社会经济影响。由于商品和服务的区域内贸易，亚太地区各经济体在彼此的水资源和能源使用、温室气体（GHG）和颗粒物排放以及劳动力和经济生产率方面的相互依存度日益增加，而该地区内部的环境和经济差距却在扩大。此外，我们的研究结果凸显了亚太地区在全球化中的重要作用。到2015年，亚太地区参与了国际贸易中50%至71%的虚拟水、能源、温室气体、颗粒物、劳动力和附加值流动。虽然该地区的最终需求和贸易的资源和排放强度有所降低，这主要得益于中国的转型，但经过二十年的发展，亚太地区仍落后于全球平均水平。亚太地区各经济体需要做出更多共同努力，并更加关注可持续转型。
