2150. Climate change, however, may be a key obstacle preventing such a convergence. The business-as-usual (BAU) growth path … of the world economy might increase concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases to unsafe levels and cause significant …) emissions, and we find it to be even above the CO2 emissions from the high-growth scenario estimated by the Energy Information …

environment, and that there are additional problems relating to the sustainability of China's economic growth that are much more …

economic growth is crucial for poverty reduction. Higher per capita incomes tend to favour poverty reduction, while higher … population growth rates delay this progress. Scenarios that combine high economic growth and convergence assumptions with low … population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality …