Which of the following best describes the concept of 'degrowth' as contrasted with 'green growth'?

Correct answer: B) Degrowth argues for a planned reduction in energy and resource use in high-income economies, whereas green growth argues that economic growth can continue if it is decoupled from environmental harm

Explanation

Green growth holds that GDP can keep rising while environmental pressures fall, through technology and efficiency that decouple growth from resource use. Degrowth questions whether sufficient decoupling is achievable and proposes a deliberate scaling down of material and energy throughput in wealthy economies, with a focus on wellbeing rather than GDP. Neither concept is about population size.