Integrity
Growth within limits
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The growth within limits principle emphasizes climate actions that align economic growth and development within social and ecological boundaries while fostering future climate-resilient development activities that explicitly prioritize decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions and environmental and social harms as much as possible.
- Growth impacts: Evaluate how economic growth affects climate goals and energy transition.
- Local economies: Assess whether climate actions support or burden local livelihoods.
- Climate spending ratio: Measure climate commitment as a % of revenue.
- Profit-based contributions: Hold polluters financially accountable based on profit.
- Interim goals: Track progress toward medium-term climate targets.
- Net-zero planning: Assess adoption and quality of decarbonization plans.
- SDG alignment: Ensure actions also support sustainable development priorities.
- Capital availability: Identify available resources for action and capacity-building.
- R&D investment: Track innovation in sustainable technologies.
- Technology transfer: Support equitable tech sharing, especially with developing regions.
- Growth vs equity: Examine whether economic growth undermines justice in climate action.
