Scientists have debated for decades whether economies can continue to grow without increasing greenhouse gas emissions. A new study by a Penn State researcher has found that this may be possible, but ...

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 ...

Balancing environmental conservation with economic progress is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. This is particularly difficult for many developing countries, which urgently need to ...

The global economy as we know it is dying. Around the beginning of the 18th century, a “Great Divergence” began between ‘the West and the Rest’ – one that tipped the global socioeconomic scales for ...