Climate change has revived the debate on growth-versus-environment. In line with this, recently it has been proposed to shift the target focus of IPCC scenarios from emissions to post-growth. We argue here that this confounds ends and means, since while reduction of growth may be an outcome of good climate policies, it should not be a goal in itself. In fact, a post- or degrowth goal would mean an ineffective and costly way to reduce emissions. Instead, we suggest that the debate about pursuing economic growth versus achieving climate goals will become more transparent and policy-relevant through refocusing scenarios from targets to policy.

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厌倦了气候目标？将 IPCC 情景的重点从排放和增长目标转移到政策

气候变化重新引发了关于增长与环境的争论。与此相一致，最近有人提议将 IPCC 情景的目标重点从排放转移到后增长。我们在此争辩说，这混淆了目的和手段，因为虽然增长放缓可能是良好气候政策的结果，但它本身不应该是目标。事实上，后增长或去增长目标将意味着一种无效且成本高昂的减排方式。相反，我们建议通过将情景从目标重新聚焦到政策，关于追求经济增长与实现气候目标的辩论将变得更加透明和与政策相关。