原文：https://vegnews.com/2020/8/shifting-toward-a-plant-based-food-system-would-create-19-million-jobs-in-latin-america-by-2030

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SHIFTING TOWARD A PLANT-BASED FOOD SYSTEM WOULD CREATE 19 MILLION JOBS IN LATIN AMERICA BY 2030

拉丁美洲转向植物性食品体系到2030年将创造1900万个工作岗位

A new report outlines the urgent need to decarbonize the economy in Latin America and the Caribbean to avoid climate catastrophe, a transition that will come with millions of jobs in plant-based food production.

为了避免气候大灾难（climate catastrophe），一份新的报告指出拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的经济迫切需要“减碳”（decarbonize，减少二氧化碳或所有温室气体的排放量）；在这一经济转变过程中，植物性食品生产可以为人们增添数以百万计的工作岗位。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

AUGUST 4, 2020

2020年8月4日

A shift toward plant-based agriculture would create 19 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030, according to a new report. Compiled by Inter-American Development Bank and International Labour Organization, the “Jobs in a Net-Zero Emissions Future in Latin America and the Caribbean” report discusses the necessity of decarbonizing the economy in an effort to mitigate the climate crisis—affects of which are estimated to cost $100 billion annually in the region by 2050 due to factors such as warming temperatures eliminating outdoor jobs, including construction and street vendors.

根据一份新报告的研究结果，拉丁美洲和加勒比地区转向植物性农业到2030年可以创造1900万个工作岗位。美洲开发银行（IDB）和国际劳工组织（ILO）共同编撰了这份新报告《拉丁美洲和加勒比地区净零排放未来中的就业机会》（“Jobs in a Net-Zero Emissions Future in Latin America and the Caribbean”），为缓解气候危机（climate crisis）论述了经济减碳的必要性──由于（气候变化的）各种原因，例如气温升高导致人们丧失户外工作，其中包括建筑工人和街头小贩等，因此预计到2050年，气候危机对拉丁美洲和加勒比地区每年将造成高达1000亿美元的经济损失。

A shift away from animal agriculture and toward a net-zero green economy in the next decade would create 22.5 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, with 19 million of those jobs created in the plant-based food production sector. The report identified three sectors in which jobs would be lost in a decarbonized economy, with the animal-agriculture industry losing 5 percent of jobs, amounting to approximately 500,000 jobs.

逐步淘汰动物农业并过渡到净零排放绿色经济，拉丁美洲和加勒比地区未来十年可以创造2250万个工作岗位，其中的植物性食品生产领域将（净）增加1900万个工作岗位。该报告鉴定了在减碳经济（decarbonized economy）中会撤销工作岗位的三大行业，其中动物农业减少5%的就业机会，即大约50万个工作岗位。

“Deeper analysis reveals that all countries experience large net job creations in the plant-based agriculture sector that more than compensate for job losses in the livestock and fossil fuel sectors combined,” the report states. The report identifies plant-based agriculture and food processing, construction, manufacturing, mining, and electricity production as the sectors poised for the biggest growth by 2030.

该报告声称：“更深入的分析表明，各国的植物性农业领域都可以净增大量的就业机会，绰绰有余地弥补了畜牧业和化石燃料业总共损失的工作岗位。”该报告判断，到2030年有望增长最大的一些行业是植物性农业与食品加工业、建筑业、制造业、矿业、电力生产业。

“As the global economy gradually restarts following the COVID-19 lockdown, now is the time to craft a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable future,” the report states. “This collaborative effort is the first to document how shifting to healthier and more sustainable diets, which reduce meat consumption while increasing plant-based foods, would create jobs while reducing pressure on the region’s unique biodiversity.”

“在COVID-19（2019冠状病毒病）封锁期之后，随着全球经济逐渐重新启动，现在是时候精心创造一个更加兼容并蓄、坚韧不拔、可持续发展的未来，”该报告宣称。“本次合作研究率先阐述了，通过采纳更加健康、更可持续的饮食方式，减少肉类消费量，同时不断增添植物性食品，不但可以创造（大量的）就业机会，而且还能减轻对该地区独特的生物多样性造成的压力。”