'Collective action can have a direct effect on society’, study on climate strikes shows.
  • Maestro@kbin.social
    101·
    10 months ago

    If we invest to develop the technology for e.g. clean energy then we can easily export it. If solar becomes dirt cheap and easy to install and maintain then it would be perfect for Africa where it’s mostly sunny. Solar would be cheaper and easier than burning hydrocarbons.

    • uint8_t@feddit.deEnglish
      41·
      10 months ago

      People don’t seem to get that

      • CO2 emissions are decoupled from GDP, and that
      • developing countries might not walk the same path to prosperity as the industrialized countries did.
      • SierpinskiDreieck@feddit.deEnglish
        51·
        10 months ago

        there is no absolute, global decoupling happening. it is a lie used to propagate dreams of green growth.