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Economic development does mean greater carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions
http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/economic-development-does-mean-greater-carbon-footprint-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions[font face=Serif][font size=5]Economic development does mean greater carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions[/font]
Published: 12/04/2016
[font size=4]Must greater prosperity necessarily lead to a greater carbon footprint and increased greenhouse gas emissions? “In theory, no, but in practice this seems to be the case”, says researcher Max Koch from Lund University in Sweden. His study of 138 countries is the first ever to take a global approach to the connections between growth, prosperity and ecological sustainability. The study was recently published in the journal article Global Environmental Change.[/font]
[font size=3]“Some people argue that extensive investments in green production and sustainable consumption can increase economic growth without increasing the emissions of greenhouse gases. We wanted to test how this connection holds up in reality, taking a global perspective”, says Professor in Social Work Max Koch.
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The prosperity of the different groups was then measured according to three separate categories: ecological sustainability, social inclusion and quality of life, in the form of life expectancy, literacy rates and, and subjective well-being.
In all three categories there was a clear connection to GDP: there was greater social inclusion and the quality of life improved as the countries became increasingly wealthy at the expense of environmental sustainability such as greater emissions and carbon footprint.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378016300188
[font size=1]Infographic illustrates the close link between increased country prosperity and greater carbon footprints that a recently released article has analysed. Graph by Aron Strandberg[/font]
Published: 12/04/2016
[font size=4]Must greater prosperity necessarily lead to a greater carbon footprint and increased greenhouse gas emissions? “In theory, no, but in practice this seems to be the case”, says researcher Max Koch from Lund University in Sweden. His study of 138 countries is the first ever to take a global approach to the connections between growth, prosperity and ecological sustainability. The study was recently published in the journal article Global Environmental Change.[/font]
[font size=3]“Some people argue that extensive investments in green production and sustainable consumption can increase economic growth without increasing the emissions of greenhouse gases. We wanted to test how this connection holds up in reality, taking a global perspective”, says Professor in Social Work Max Koch.
…
The prosperity of the different groups was then measured according to three separate categories: ecological sustainability, social inclusion and quality of life, in the form of life expectancy, literacy rates and, and subjective well-being.
In all three categories there was a clear connection to GDP: there was greater social inclusion and the quality of life improved as the countries became increasingly wealthy at the expense of environmental sustainability such as greater emissions and carbon footprint.
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