Ending extreme poverty has a negligible impact on global greenhouse gas emissions.

ABSTRACT: Growing consumption is both necessary to end extreme poverty¹and one of the main drivers of greenhouse gas emissions², creating a potential tension between alleviating poverty and limiting global warming. Most poverty reduction has historically occurred because of economic growth^3-6, which means that reducing poverty entails increasing not only the consumption of people living in poverty but also the consumption of people with a higher income. Here we estimate the emissions associated with the economic growth needed to alleviate extreme poverty using the international poverty line of US $2.15 per day (ref. ⁷). Even with historical energy- and carbon-intensity patterns, the global emissions increase associated with alleviating extreme poverty is m

SUBMITTER: Wollburg P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10686831 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature