A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal states that pursuing "green growth" in high-income countries will not be sufficient to meet the emission reductions required by the Paris Agreement. Even in countries that have decoupled carbon emissions from GDP growth, it would take over 200 years to reach zero emissions. The researchers argue that economic growth in these countries contradicts climate targets and call for a transformative climate policy focused on sufficiency, fairness, and wellbeing.
The emission reductions in the 11 high-income countries that have “decoupled” CO2 emissions from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fall far short of the reductions that are necessary to limit global warming to 1.5°C or even just to “well below 2°C” and comply with international fairness principles, as required by the Paris Agreement, according to a paper published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.
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