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Economic growth historically acts as a primary driver of rising global carbon emissions, necessitating mechanisms to separate economic expansion from environmental damage. A broad review of over three hundred academic studies examines the methods and challenges associated with transitioning toward low-carbon energy systems. The review reveals that decarbonisation and dematerialisation have already occurred in certain contexts without triggering declines in global economic growth. It evaluates decoupling techniques used to assess the impact of energy decarbonisation alongside alternative solutions to address climate change. By analysing the links between energy consumption, commercial activity, and ecological harm, the synthesis highlights approaches to maintaining economic prosperity while reducing emissions. The findings underline the necessity of decoupling to establish sustainable, low-carbon economies capable of supporting long-term international emissions targets.
Transitioning to sustainable energy systems often raises fears that environmental regulations will stifle financial progress. Demonstrating that decarbonisation can occur without halting economic growth provides reassurance to governments, businesses, and communities. Understanding effective decoupling techniques helps stakeholders design industrial and energy policies that reduce environmental damage while preserving productivity and living standards worldwide.
The abstract does not indicate a commercial application pathway, as it presents a high-level review of literature on macroeconomic decoupling methods and low-carbon energy systems rather than evaluating specific technological inventions, commercial tools, or near-market solutions for industry users.
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Climate change has become a global nightmare, and the awareness of the causes of carbon emissions has resulted in rigorous studies. These studies linked the increase in global warming with booming economic growth. Since global warming has become more apparent, researchers have explored ways to decouple economic activities from carbon growth. Economic and carbon growth must be decoupled to achieve a low-carbon economy to support the carbon-growth plan or emission-reduction strategy. The world is transitioning toward a carbon-neutral and green ecosystem, so finding ways to decouple carbon emissions from economic activities is an exciting topic to explore. This study reviews current information on the importance of decoupling energy from economic growth innovative techniques that thoroughly examine the challenges and constraints of low-carbon energy systems. In order to examine the detrimental effects of carbon emissions on ecosystems and the ways in which economic expansion contributes to carbon footprints, more than three hundred research papers were gathered using several search engines, including Elsevier and Google Scholar. This review revealed that decarbonization and dematerialization had been achieved without declining global economic growth. It also provides information on energy use and economic activities leading to global carbon emissions and alternative solutions to the global challenge of climate change. The decoupling methods commonly used to determine the impact of energy decarbonization on economic growth are explored. All the results suggest that economic growth is a primary mover of global carbon emission increase and must be separated to achieve a carbon environment.
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DOI: 10.3390/cleantechnol6030054
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