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A new report warns of the environmental impact of Asia's rise. But the relationship between pollution and economic growth is not simple, argues Anna Petherick.

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Figure 1: An idealized EKC (inset) and the CO2 efficiencies of Asian-Pacific subregions over time (main graph).

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