非洲领导人要求新的财富指标,以突出其自然资源的经济价值。 African leaders demand new wealth metrics to highlight the economic value of their natural resources.

非洲领导人呼吁以新的方法衡量非洲大陆的财富,认为目前的国内生产总值计算低估了非洲自然资源的价值。 African leaders are calling for new ways to measure the continent's wealth, arguing that current GDP calculations understate the value of Africa's natural resources. 他们说,光是非洲森林所封存的碳价值,就可使非洲大陆国内生产总值增加661亿美元,即增加2.2%。 They say including the value of carbon sequestered by African forests alone could add $66.1 billion to the continent's GDP, a 2.2% increase. 这一推动提前了在巴西举行的联合国气候变化会议,非洲国家将寻求改革全球金融体系,以更好地承认和奖励其环境贡献。 This push comes ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil, where African nations will seek reforms to global financial systems to better recognize and reward their environmental contributions.