单选题:根据以下材料,回答题Text 2Inpopulardiscussionsofemissions-rightstradin

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根据以下材料,回答题
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Inpopulardiscussionsofemissions-rightstradingsystems,itiscommontomistakethesmokestacksforthetrees.Forexample,thewealthyoilenclaveofAbuDhabibragsthatithasplantedmorethan130milliontrees--eachofwhichdoesitsdutyinabsorbingcarbondioxidefromtheatmosphere.However,thisartificialforestinthedesertalsoconsumeshugequantitiesofirrigationwaterproduced,orrecycled,
fromexpensivedesalinationplants.Thetreesmayallowitsleaderstowearahaloatinternationalmeetings,buttherodefactisthattheyareanenergy-intensivebeautystrip,likemostofso-called
greencapitalism.And,whilewe'reatit,let'sjustask:Whatifthebuyingandsellingofcarboncreditsandpollutionoffsetsfailstoreduceglobalwarming?Whatexactlywillmotivategovernments
andglobalindustriesthentojoinhandsinacrusadetoreduceemissionsthroughregulationandtaxation?
Kyoto-typeclimatediplomacyassumesthatallthemajoractorswillrecognizeanoverridingcommoninterestingainingharnessovertherunawaygreenhouseeffect.ButglobalwarmingisnotWarofthe
Worlds,whereinvadingMartiansarededicatedtoannihilatingallofhumanitywithoutdistinction.Climatechange,instead,willinitiallyproducedramaticallyunequalimpactsacrossregionsandsocial
classes.Itwillreinforce,notdiminish,geopoliticalinequalityandconflict.
AstheUNDPemphasizedinitsreportlastyear,globalwarmingisaboveallathreattothepoorandtheunborn,the"twopartieswithlittleornopoliticalvoice".Coordinatedglobalactionontheir
behalfthuspresupposeseithertheirrevolutionaryempowermentorthetransformationoftheself-interestof
richcountriesandclassesintoanenlightened"solidarity"withoutprecedentinhistory.Fromarationalperspective,thelatteroutcomeonlyseemsrealisticifitcanbeshownthatprivileged
groupspossessnopreferential"exit"option,thatinternationalistpublicopiniondrivespolicymakinginkeycountries,andthatgreenhousegasreductioncouldbeachievedwithoutmajorsacrifices
inupscaleNorthernHemisphericstandardsofliving--noneofwhichseemshighlylikely.
Andwhatifgrowingenvironmentalandsocialturbulence,insteadofstimulatingheroicinnovationandinternationalcooperation,simplydriveselitepublicsintoevenmorefrenziedattemptstoall
themselvesofffromtherestofhumanity?Globalintervention,inthisunexploredbutnotimprobablescenario,wouldbesilentlyabandoned(as,tosomeextent,italreadyhasbeen)infavor
ofacceleratedinvestmentinselectiveadaptationforEarth'sfirst-classpassengers.We'retalkinghereoftheprospectofcreatinggreenandgatedoasesofpermanentaffluenceonanotherwisestrickenplanet.
Ofcourse,therewillstillbetreaties,carboncredits,faminerelief,humanitarianacrobatics,andperhaps,thefull-scaleconversionofsomeEuropeancitiesandsmallcountriestoalternativeenergy.Buttheshifttolow-,orzero-emissionlifestyleswouldbealmostunimaginablyexpensive.Andthiswillcertainlybecomeevenmoreunimaginableafterperhaps2030,whenthecombinedimpactsofclimatechange,peakoil,peak
water,andanadditional1.5billionpeopleontheplanetmaybegintoseriouslythreatengrowth.
TheauthorgivestheexampleofAbuDhabiinordertoillustratethat A.artificialforestscanbeasolutiontoenvironmentalproblems.
B.whatAbuDhabihasdonehaswoninternationalrecognition.
C.plantingtreesinhuge-numbersisharmfultodesertenvironment.
D.environmentally-friendlyattemptsmaydamagetheenvironment.

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