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This short chapter summarizes the features, obtained results, and remaining subjects of research. To achieve sustainable development and a sustainable society, it is necessary to shift the turning point of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) to the lower left. With this in mind, this chapter points out the necessity of offering development assistance and transferring technology to developing countries. Finally, the author touches briefly on the stationary state society, as presented by John Stuart Mill, as an image of a sustainable society.
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) speaks of the concept of “carbon budget” in the fifth assessment report; it describes that the cumulative amount of CO\(_2\) in the atmosphere is critical factor contributing to an increase in future temperatures (IPCC [2]).
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See Mill [3]; Chapter VI, “Of the Stationary State”, in Book IV, “Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution”.
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Uchiyama, K. (2016). Concluding Remarks. In: Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis and Carbon Dioxide Emissions. SpringerBriefs in Economics(). Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55921-4_4
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