中东国家建“绿色建筑”谋求新型发展方式

上图为9月20日卡塔尔多哈国家会议中心（QNCC）的室内大厅。这座坐落在中东海湾国家的“绿色建筑”外表摸样极为怪异。海湾国家拥有大量的石油、天然气，根据国际能源机构调查显示，卡塔尔人均尾气排放量世界最高，紧随其后的是其海湾邻国科威特，此外巴林、阿拉伯联合酋长国也纷纷榜上有名。但是最近有观点认为对于能源使用的态度的转变正在潜移默化地改变整个海湾地区，并且正在获得越来越多的认可。曾经看似无限的化石燃料总有一天会用完，这些国家必须开辟一个更可持续的发展道路。

Mideast Gulf Green Buildings

Sept. 20, 2012 photo shows the interior hall of the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) in Doha, Qatar. Green buildings would seem an oddity in this tiny Gulf nation which has plenty of oil and gas and, according to the International Energy Agency, the highest per capita emissions in the world, closely followed by Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. But attitudes about energy use are changing across the Gulf. There is a growing recognition that the once seemingly limitless fossil fuels will someday run out and that these countries need to chart a more sustainable path.

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