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Global development choking the world

Global development choking the world The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change had calculated that a relatively safe level of carbon dioxide emissions globally would be 14.5 gigatonnes per year. Roughly calculated, this comes out to be 2.25 tonnes per person per year, globally. However, data clearly shows that advanced nations are at per capita output levels that, if replicated by developing nations, would be dramatically in excess of safe levels.

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