Urgent need for post-growth climate mitigation scenarios
Abstract
Established climate mitigation scenarios assume continued economic growth in all countries, and reconcile this with the Paris targets by betting on speculative technological change. Post-growth approaches may make it easier to achieve rapid mitigation while improving social outcomes, and should be explored by climate modellers.
- Publication:
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Nature Energy
- Pub Date:
- August 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1038/s41560-021-00884-9
- Bibcode:
- 2021NatEn...6..766H