Gregory's Server@ExtinctionR ...wealthy economies should abandon growth of gross domestic product (GDP) as a goal ...
Can't. Advocating for degrowth is a non-starter with economists. In the developing world and advanced economies. Also, the assumption that declining GDP growth will lead to declines in emissions is shaky at best. We don't see this play out in the data. It's possible to grow GDP responsibly, while making a concerted effort to lower emissions. Sweden is doing it.
@kta Didn't the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic clearly show us that slowed GDP growth gave us lower emissions? I was under the impression they did.
Decoupling is great! But is it enough? And how much is a country that is supposedly successful at it "cheating" by outsourcing emissions? Are emissions from the whole supply chain included in the Swedish figures?
The no-brainer is that if we want to stop putting carbon in the air, we need to stop digging it up. If we dig it up, we will eventually burn it.
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@kta Didn't the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic clearly show us that slowed GDP growth gave us lower emissions? I was under the impression they did.
Decoupling is great! But is it enough? And how much is a country that is supposedly successful at it "cheating" by outsourcing emissions? Are emissions from the whole supply chain included in the Swedish figures?