日益增长的绿色技术贸易(节选)

Growing Trade in Green Technology(Excerpt)

[1]“绿色技术”是当今用来涵盖一系列活动和创新的术语之一,这些活动和创新同时指向经济发展需求、健康保护和生态系统服务(例如为我们提供清洁空气、水源、土壤和食物的自然系统)的维护等内容。其他术语还包括可持续性、绿色商务、绿色技术、可持续商业和可持续创新。这些术语所涉及的活动对现有的设计和交付方式提出了挑战,不仅包括能源,还包括提供食物、住所、消费品和运输方式等一整套相互依赖的系统和供应链。

[1]Green technology is one term of several used.today to encompass a range of activity and innovation to simultaneously address economic development needs,health protection,and preservation of ecosystem services(e.g.the natural systems that provide us with clean air,water,soil,and food).,Other terms include sustainability,clean commerce,cleantech,sustainable business,and sustainability innovation.The activities these terms reference challenge existing ways of designing and delivering not just energy,but the entire set of interdependent systems and supply chains that provide food,shelter,consumer products,and transportation modes.