

growth has been minimal, with activity in the service sector stagnating and manufacturing output rising only moderately
Growth is very slow? That does’nt sound too bad, as it probably mean we’re not having a larger negative effect on the environment and climate.
It’s more relevant to look at which sectors are growing vs shrinking. Ideally the most polluting sectors would be the ones shrinking.
Good question.
The paper’s PDF give clearer, less click-baity information on efficiency:
A 8x increase is good progress for that specific technique, but 0.47% is very low efficiency. There’s still ways to go.