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Yes # A better way to address climate change, at least during the coming decade, would be to remove barriers on wealth creation in developing countries and technological adaptation.
# Attempting to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions dramatically is likely to be counterproductive as it will divert resources away from adaptive and growth-enhancing technologies and toward carbon-reducing technologies.
# Over the past century, humanity has developed new technologies that have enabled it to adapt, improving the lives of billions.
No # Emissions from deforestation even in high developing-countries would lead to climate crisis long before their incomes reach rich-country levels.
# Without urgent reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases, the climate may warm uncontrollably, with disastrous effects.
