- Experts warn 'green growth' in high income countries is not happening, call for 'post-growth' climate policies https://phys.org/news/2023-09-experts-green-growth-high-income.html 22 comments climate
- Trump’s attack on green energy could hurt US in AI race, data centres warn. Experts warn it will be difficult to meet surging demand without a lot more renewable capacity. Trump’s “antagonistic approach” towards renewable energy could make it “impossible to satisfy the data growth that's happening." https://www.ft.com/content/6821ec83-3a33-4a20-a3c6-152135c8ad57 54 comments energy
- Is green growth happening? An empirical analysis of achieved versus Paris-compliant CO2–GDP decoupling in high-income countries | At the achieved rates, these countries would on average take more than 220 years to reduce their emissions by 95% https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(23)00174-2/fulltext 3 comments climate
- 'Green growth' in high income countries is not happening https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(23)00174-2/fulltext 24 comments science
- The Green Revolution (the creation of high-yield crop) increased yields by 44% between 1965-2010, increased incomes, reduced population growth, and reduced the amount of land devoted to agriculture. If the Green Revolution had never happened, GDP per capita in the developing might have been halved. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/714444 7 comments science