Raising basic living standards and growing affluence aren't equivalent, and neither are their respective climate impacts.
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Rao, N., Riahi, K. & Grubler, A. Climate impacts of poverty eradication. Nature Clim Change 4, 749–751 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2340
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