Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. However, that sort of growth isn’t without its costs. In 2011, air pollution was a leading ...
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A new study documents the dramatic change in America's material diet from 1900 to 2020—ongoing shifts in US commodity consumption patterns with profound environmental, economic, and geopolitical ...
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For nearly 200 years, two transformative global forces have grown in tandem: economic activity and carbon emissions. The two have long been paired together, or, in economist-speak, “coupled.” When the ...
The world's biggest economies are seeing a "decoupling," Bank of America says. The US is showing surprising resilience, European growth is weak, and China is faltering. Global stocks have reflected ...
Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM, noted a disconnect between "blowout topline growth" and an anemic labor market. He said this decoupling will be a major theme for 2026.
Emerging markets are proving resilient amid post-pandemic challenges, Ruchir Sharma wrote in The Financial Times. They are also seeing new opportunities after moving away from Chinese dependence. "The ...
This plot, derived using a specific configuration with the public goods model, shows the minimum GDP per capita threshold to implement a zero-emissions policy (in red) and the GDP per capita when the ...
A decade on from the Paris Agreement, and the link between GDP and rising emissions is starting to break. View on euronews ...
For the first time, data has shown a decoupling between revenue growth and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions output among the world’s 500 largest businesses (Global 500), according to a Thompson Reuters ...
Peg Putt, chief executive of Markets for Change, at the Forests Asia Summit in Jakarta, May 6, 2014. Photo credit: CIFOR/Julie Mollins * Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the ...