可再生能源政策中的生物多样性考量

China’s policy-driven solar expansion shows why climate policy appraisal should look at biodiversity impacts Yuanning Liang B iodiversity loss is driven by multiple anthropogenic pressures, including climate change, habitat loss, and environmental pollution. Climate policies that promote the development of renewable energy reduce one of these pressures by lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Yet large-scale energy infrastructure can intensify habitat-related pressures when it converts or fragments land. The transition to renewable energy therefore requires the appropriate siting and operating decisions that achieve carbon emissions reductions while avoiding unnecessary biodiversity losses. On page 831 of this issue, Zhang et al. (1) show that policy-driven solar expansion in China reduced local bird diversity. …