Britain has led the developed world in combining economic growth with cutting emissions, with the two finally “uncoupling”, according to a major report into the world economy’s reliance on carbon. However, the research warned that the world economy is still reducing emissions at too slow a rate to reach global targets. PwC’s annual Low Carbon Economy Index, which compares GDP growth to carbon emissions, found that the UK’s “carbon intensity” – the level of greenhouse…
Britain shows that world can cut carbon emissions and still get richer, says PwC
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