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Low economic growth can help keep climate change within the 1.5 °C threshold

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Low economic growth can help keep climate change within the 1.5 °C threshold

A new study shows that economic growth rates make a big difference when it comes to prospects for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, as per the Paris Agreement. A recent study by the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) shows that pursuing higher economic growth may jeopardise … Read more