3. Coming back to rich countries, the CO2 per capita in rich countries is so huge compared to the Global South that talking about steady-state growth makes sense to reach 2030 climate goals. Otherwise, it looks hard to imagine how to reach the limit of 1.5ºC to avoid crossing tipping points.

4. Some like to say that we have already de-coupled emissions from growth, but this claim is for relative changes over time, not absolute changes. The size of the cake is so huge in terms of CO2 emissions that looking just at relative changes is only a small picture of the situation.