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Can we restrain our excessive consumption to arrest climate change?

As affluence grows globally, people spend more. Money spent is roughly equivalent to carbon pollution and climate change. Can the urge to splurge be brought under control? Or, is it terminal?

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The Cost of Climate Change: Spending sustainably

In our third installment of The Cost of Climate Change, we focus on the ways that spending money can contribute to climate change -- or help mitigate it.

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Men cause more climate emissions than women, study finds

Men cause more climate emissions than women, study finds

Men's spending on goods causes 16% more climate-heating emissions than women's, despite the sum of money being very similar, a study has found.

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