Open AccessEducation May Increase Emissions but Mitigate Human Cost of Climate Change
Author(s) -
Jon Kelvey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo145456
Subject(s) - climate change , natural resource economics , greenhouse gas , environmental science , developing country , lead (geology) , business , environmental protection , economics , economic growth , ecology , biology , paleontology
Increasing education in the developing world could lead to a modest increase in carbon emissions due to economic growth, but education could also reduce the negative impact of climate change on vulnerable populations.
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