Green growth involves rethinking growth strategies with regard to the impacts on environmental sustainability and the environmental resources available to poor and vulnerable groups. In rethinking growth, we need to focus on the current reality of a resource-constrained world. Resource intensive and, in particular energy intensive processes will need to make way for more efficient and resource frugal development strategies if we are to avoid an economic dead Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the above passage?
Environmental sustainability is inimical to our objective of achieving a high rate of GDP growth.
Poverty eradication is not possible without a rapid economic growth and the consequent environmental degradation.
Maintaining high environmental standards is now a prerequisite for achieving a steady, sufficient and inclusive growth.
With large populations, rampant poverty and limited resources of today’s world, environmental degradation cannot be prevented and inequalities are inevitable.
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