Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University Around 30 years ago, many developed countries started a process of absolute decoupling of their emissions of CO₂ and energy use from economic growth. This means keeping emissions stable, or better yet, shrinking them while still growing the economy. As a result, GDP is much higher than in 1990 in the … Continue reading The US, UK, France, and Germany are decoupling CO₂ emissions and energy use from economic growth by making us consume “better,” not more