CAIE A-Level Economics 9.2.6 Sustainable growth

CAIE A-Level Economics 9.2.6 Sustainable growth
Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics 9708 syllabus for exams in 2026, 2027 and 20282026–2028

Practise analysing sustainable growth through resource use, green energy, climate impacts and policy choices across generations.

How this is tested

  • define sustainability and apply it to fuel choices, resource conservation or green energy evidence
  • evaluate growth policies using environmental damage, future generations and current output trade-offs
  • compare technology, training and regulation as routes to lower-cost sustainable growth

Question 1

[Maximum number: 6]

Global carbon emissions

A key message of the 2021 World Climate Summit was that the use of coal must be phased out for the good of the planet.

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Question 1(a)

(a)

Define economic sustainability and give one example from the information of a change that can be used to illustrate it.

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Question 1(c)

(b)

Discuss why the article says that 'China is a country of contradictions'.

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