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资料：Earlier this month, presidents Barack Obama of the US and Xi Jinping of China made an important symbolic gesture when they committed their countries, the two largest greenhouse gas emitters, to the Paris climate agreement. It was the clearest signal yet to investors worldwide that they need to think about the implications of global warming for their portfolios.

On Friday afternoon there was an example of what that might mean Mr Obama’s administration issued an order temporarily blocking construction on a section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The move was a response to local concerns raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe about potential damage to historic sites and the threats of oil spills. But it is the global issue of climate change that had raised the profile of Dakota Access, making it into a cause celebre for US environmental campaigners. Bill McKibben of 350.org, which played a key role in the successful effort to stop the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, has suggested that Mr Obama could block Dakota Access permanently, on the grounds that it would exacerbate the threat of climate change.

Last month, the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality issued new guidance for federal agencies, making clear that their decisions should take into account “the potential effects of a proposed action on climate change”, and quantify their consequences for greenhouse gas emissions. Dakota Access is intended to carry crude oil 1,172 miles from North Dakota, a centre of the US shale revolution, to Illinois, en route to refineries around America. The case that it would add to global greenhouse gas emission will be harder to make than for Keystone XL, which would have brought crude from the high-emitting oil sands of western Canada, but the campaigners are certain to try.

If Dakota Access is stopped, it will have a significant impact not just on energy Transfer Partners, the company leading the project, but on all North Dakota oil producers and their customers, who will be forced to use more expensive rail transport.

Climate change is now an unavoidable business issue. In an excellent paper last week, BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, set out some of the ways that investors can reduce their exposure to the risks and benefit from the opportunities that it creates. The paper is a landmark in the rising awareness of the issue among mainstream investors. It is one thing when a philanthropic fund with assets of a few hundred million takes a stand on climate issues, quite another when the warnings come from a company with about $4.9tn under management. As BlackRock points out, investors’ personal views on climate science are irrelevant. Enough governments and businesses are convinced by the scientific consensus that the threat is real, and are driving regulatory and technological changes that interested in you.

六If the world is to reduce the risk of catastrophic global warming to acceptable levels, there will have to be a huge reallocation of capital away from fossil fuels and toward low-emission energy sources. That shift has begun, but it needs to go much further. The transition is not straightforward: for as long as oil is the lifeblood of the world’s transport, pipelines will be needed. But when investors and boards make decisions about projects like Dakota Access, they will have to consider their impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The financial consequences of climate change can no longer be ignored.

According to the article, which one of the following statements is false? （）

A.To reduce the risk of global warming, more should be invested on low-emissions energy sources
B.Climate change is not only a climate issue, but also a business issue
C.It’s more difficult to quantify the greenhouse gas emissions on the Dakota Access than Keystone XL
D.US and China will work together to cope with climate change

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答案： D

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【关键词】following statement;false

1、【主题句】第六段 If the world is to reduce the risk of catastrophic global warming to acceptable levels， there will have to be a huge reallocation of capital away from fossil fuels and toward low-emission energy sources.如果世界要将发生灾难性全球变暖的风险降至可接受的水平，那么肯定需要将大量投资从化石燃料转向低排放的能源。

2、第五段Climate change is now an unavoidable business issue.气候变化现在是一个不可避免的商业问题。

3、第三段Last month, the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality issued new guidance for federal agencies, making clear that their decisions should take into account “the potential effects of a proposed action on climate change”, and quantify their consequences for greenhouse gas emissions. 上月，白宫的环境质量委员会向各联邦政府机构下发新的指南，明确表示，各机构在决策中应考虑“拟议措施对气候变化的潜在影响”，并量化相关措施在温室气体排放方面的影响。The case that it would add to global greenhouse gas emissions will be harder to make than for Keystone XL, which would have brought crude from the high-emitting oil sands of western Canada, but the campaigners are certain to try.与原本计划在加拿大西部地区的油砂矿（温室气体排放强度大）开采石油并输送美国的Keystone XL项目相比，达科他项目会加剧全球温室气体排放的理由显得不那么有力，但环保活动人士肯定要试一试。

4、第一段presidents Barack Obama of the US and Xi Jinping of China made an important symbolic gesture when they committed their countries， the two largest greenhouse gas emitters，to the Paris climate agreement.美国总统巴拉克?奥巴马（Barack Obama）和中国国家主席习近平摆出了一个重要的象征性姿态，承诺全球最大的两个温室气体排放国将履行《巴黎协定》。

【解析】本题问“根据文章，哪项描述是错误的？”。选项A意为“为了减少全球变暖的风险，应该投入更多的低排放能源”；选项B意为“气候变化不仅是一个气候问题，也是一个商业问题”；选项C意为“对达科他州的温室气体排放量进行量化比Keystone XL更难以量化”；选项D意为“美国和中国将共同应对气候变化”。

根据主题句1可知选项A正确，

根据主题句2可知选项B正确，

根据主题句3可知选项C正确，

选项D，根据主题句4可知，中国和美国将履行《巴黎协定》，但这并不意味着两国将合作处理气候变化，文中也没有类似表述。