Geert Aarts on Nostr: For the Netherlands, the consumption-based estimates are substantially higher (up to ...

For the Netherlands, the consumption-based estimates are substantially higher (up to 42%), based on Netherlands Statistics (CBS) and EXIOBASE. And that is what really matters. Second, national compositional analysis show that GDP growth leads to *increase* in emissions. It is just that increased renewable energy production outpaces the negative effects of economic growth, so you see 'decoupling', but in fact they are still positively coupled #co2 #ClimateChange #degrowth