Environment & climate

Are growth and climate compatible?

The test question and the possible answers

Economic growth is compatible with protecting the climate.

What's at stake: The question is whether innovation is enough to cut emissions while still growing, or whether the model has to be rethought.

The left's argument

Infinite growth is impossible on a planet whose resources are limited.

The right's argument

Innovation pays for the transition. Some countries emit less while getting richer.

And you, where do you stand?

Answer 30 situations like this one and find out where you stand, topic by topic.

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