根据欧洲环保局报道,尽管欧盟通过推行将经济增长与自然资源的高消耗相分离的机制,在增强欧盟可持续发展能力方面取得了一定的进展,但是仍然还面临着巨大的挑战。传统的经济增长方式与自然资源的消耗是相伴而生的,生产的财富越多,资源的消耗越多。而可持续发展要求在不增加资源压力的前提下实现经济增长,也就是实现经济增长与资源消耗相分离。 According to the European Environmental Protection Agency, although the EU has made some progress in enhancing the EU’s capacity for sustainable development through the implementation of a mechanism that separates economic growth from the high consumption of natural resources, it still faces enormous challenges. The traditional mode of economic growth is accompanied by the consumption of natural resources. The more wealth produced, the more resources are consumed. However, sustainable development requires that economic growth be realized without increasing the pressure on resources, that is, to separate economic growth from resource consumption.