Regardless of the reason for the price drop – probably to be found in some combination of these factors – the consequences are the same. Though, as International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde has noted, lower oil prices may boost overall global growth, with the oil-importing advanced economies gaining the most, the impact on efforts to combat climate change could be devastating.
不论价格下跌原因为何——也许是这些因素的某种合力——结果是相同的。尽管如国际货币基金组织（IMF）总裁拉加德所指出的，较低的油价可能提振全球总增长，其中石油进口发达经济体获益最多，但对气候变化战役的影响可能是灾难性的。