In some places water scarcity is accompanied by deteriorated water quality due to pollution and environmental degradation.

有些地方不仅缺水，水质也因污染和环境退化而恶化。

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In the last two years, an accounting analysis has been made of physical quantification of environmental pollution, imputed treatment cost and the environmental degradation cost for 42 industries.

在过去的2年中，一份分析账户已经形成，它由42个产业所造成的环境污染，治理费用和环境退化的实质定量而组成。

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Experts say environmental degradation such as deforestation and pollution will likely magnify the impacts of climate change.

专家认为，环境恶化，如森林砍伐和环境污染，将很可能加剧气候变化造成的影响。

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At the same time, they are aware of the downside of the Chinese model of economic development, which promises fast economic growth, but more often than not, at the price of environmental degradation and pollution, not to mention other social problems.

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The environment has moved to the top of their political agenda, and they have promised increased environmental investment, set impressive targets for reducing pollution and launched grand-scale campaigns to address particularly challenging problems of environmental degradation.

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To economists, pollution gets out of hand because the prices of goods and services do not reflect the costs of environmental degradation.

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