der Deutsche war rr schon immer so, es ist zum Heulen

no offense man, but why would you proudly post this

material consumption per capita per year in several regions of the world, including adjustment for imports. whats interesting is that europe and north america never fully recovered from 2008 in terms of material consumption. i don't think this is proof of de-linking; i think it's more caused by efficiency gains and stagnating consumption, but it doesnt disprove de-linking either; maybe some amount of de-linking is actually happening. higher economic development definitely results in more efficient material consumption though. the problem is how to get there, as china handily demonstrates. it's not like china burnt coal these past decades for fun, economic development is a snowball effect and as you can see, their material consumption is also flattening again (their co2 emissions are even falling again). but the sort of path to development china went is already stretching the planetary boundaries, more countries going down that route would have exponentially more devastating ecological consequences