Von der Leyen says fossil fuel-based growth is “obsolete”

The president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, said Monday that the report “The limits to growth”, commissioned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by the Club of Rome in 1972, was correct in saying that economic growth based on fossil fuels is “simply obsolete”.

“Today I want to focus on one point where the report got it right without a doubt: the clear message that a growth model centred on fossil fuels is simply obsolete. That assessment has been confirmed time and time again,” the politician said at the “Beyond Growth” conference held in the European Parliament.

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