The climate impact of endless growth has been downplayed
Translated from Finnish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A Helsingin Sanomat reader argues that the climate effects of an economic system built on continuous growth have received too little attention.
- The writer says those effects also hinder efforts to achieve a fairer distribution of income, which he considers essential for environmental action.
The effects of an economic system based on continuous growth have not received enough attention in discussions about climate change, writes Helsingin Sanomat reader Vilho Pitkänen.
Responding to an earlier opinion article, Pitkänen argues that the system’s negative effects are undeniable. In his view, they also complicate the pursuit of a fairer distribution of income.
He says a fairer distribution of income is a prerequisite for taking the environment properly into account in the future.
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Originally published by Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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