@energy @economics
Development not population drives global CO2 emissions.
- The population of low income countries could increase by billions and it would barely nudge global CO2 emissions.
- https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/co2-and-fertility-rates?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web
- ”We could add 5 billion people to low income countries, and the increase in global CO2 emissions would be less than the drop in emissions in 2020 due to Covid-19”!!
- Low income countries are accounting for 9% of the global population.
- Bumping up the low income group to lower-middle income would increase emissions output from 37 to 38 billion tonnes.
- ”If we keep adding billions this rises to 39.3, then 41.3, then 43 billion tonnes.”
- The change in CO2 emissions is small but the gain in standard of living is great.
- My head is about to explode from caffeine.