11. 全球 COVID-19 应对措施产生了数十万吨医疗废物，加剧了废物、污染、特别是塑料的环境危机。9 情况十分严重。全球人口不断增加和自然资源的不可持续利用，对地球造成毁灭性影响，触发了气候变化，破坏了自然，加剧了污染。全世界每分钟销售 100 万个塑料瓶装饮料，每年扔弃 5 万亿个一次性塑料袋。10与此同时，2021 年煤炭、石油、燃气需求随经济反弹，全球能源相关二氧化碳排放增长了 6.0%。11 按照目前的全球温室气体排放水平，世界仍有可能超过商定的比工业化前水平高 1.5 摄氏度或 2 摄氏度的温度阈值，普遍气候变化影响的风险将超出目前的水平。到 2030 年，发展中国家的气候适应成本估计每年可达 3 000 亿美元。12 目前，富裕国家向发展中国家提供的气候融资中，每年约有168 亿美元(仅占 21%)用于气候适应和复原力。13
11. The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with hundreds of thousands of tons of medical waste generated, has also exacerbated an environmental crisis in waste and pollution, particularly plastics. 9 The situation had already been dire. The combination of a growing global population and the unsustainable use of natural resources was having a devastating impact on our planet, propelling climate change, destroying nature and raising pollution levels. Around the world, 1 million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute, and 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are thrown away each year.10 Meanwhile, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions related to global energy rose by 6.0 per cent as demand for coal, oil and gas rebounded with the economy in 2021.11 At current levels of global greenhouse gas emissions, the world remains on course to exceed the agreed temperature thresholds of either 1.5°C or 2°C above pre-industrial levels, which would increase the risks of pervasive climate change impacts beyond what is already being seen. Estimated adaptation costs in developing countries could reach $300 billion every year by 2030. 12 Right now, only 21 per cent of climate finance provided by wealthier countries to assist developing nations goes towards adaptation and resilience, accounting for about $16.8 billion per year.13