"The rise of [[China]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Thailand]] and [[South Africa]] has been a human triumph. **It has alleviated massive amounts of poverty and suffering**. But it has been powered by fossil fuels and added hundreds of billions of tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere. ([Location 1358](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=1358))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[just-transition]], [[fossil-fuels]], [[poverty]], [[climate-change]], [[emissions]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]