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Jun 7, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Monjur Mourshed |Wu You |Jie J. Cao |Weibo Xing

1 IntroductionThe Club of Rome’s “Limits to Growth” described a picture in which humankind’s constant pursuit of economic growth and higher living standards has infinitely approached or even exceeded the carrying capacity or limits of the natural environment. Nowadays, global warming is the most serious environmental problem confronting humanity. Stern (2008) points out that the greenhouse effect might be as harmful as the Great Depression and World War.