Ironically, we, human beings, are now facing a series of environment-related issues such as global warming or the depletion of natural resources although our economy keeps on soaring.

具有讽刺意味的是，尽管我们的经济在不断攀升，但是，我们人类却面对着一系列和环境相关的问题例如全球变暖以及自然资源的消耗。

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The traditional "resources-products-pollution", one-way linear pattern of economic growth resulted in the continued deterioration of the human environment and the depletion of natural resources.

传统经济“资源要产品要污染排放”的单向线型增长模式造成了人类生存环境的不断恶化和自然资源几近枯竭。

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These include increasing social disparities and inequity, population growth, climate change, the deterioration and pollution of the environment, the unsustainable use of freshwater and depletion of ocean resources, as well as increasing cases of natural and human-made disasters.

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