Global Future: Low-Carbon Economy or High-Carbon Economy?

Diosey Ramon Lugo-Morin
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Diosey Ramon Lugo-Morin: Postgraduate Program in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, Management of Sociological Systems, Research and Postgraduate Studies, Intercultural University of Puebla State, Huehuetla, Puebla 73475, Mexico

World, 2021, vol. 2, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: This study critically examines the decarbonization of development in the context of the Anthropocene at the global level. A literature review is conducted that emphasizes the rationality of human beings to harmonize with the planet due to the low capacity of their human agency in the framework of the Anthropocene. The analysis recognizes that the possibility of transitioning to a decarbonized global economy or zero carbon emissions is not encouraging. Global energy production and CO 2 emissions are concentrated in a dozen countries: China, United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Iran, India, Australia, Indonesia, and Brazil. These countries are part of societies with an advanced social metabolism that negatively impacts the production of CO 2 . In context, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided some level of environmental health for the planet, but the CO 2 reduction levels are still insufficient to consider a positive impact towards 2030.

Keywords: global; carbon; Anthropocene; human agency; rationality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 G17 G18 L21 L22 L25 L26 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 R51 R52 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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