A rather large slice of the global populace was still farming in 1988. It’s that same carbon intensive industrial agriculture which enabled ever more urbanization.
Yea, but the argument was we should have cut global CO2 emissions more. Subsistence farming is better for the environment, less so for people.
It’s an inherent tradeoff, where significant emissions was required to lift them out of extreme poverty. It’s one thing to suggest developing economies shouldn’t have industrialized, but it’s unconscionable to accept the suffering that would have resulted.
Okay? Last I checked, it's not 1988 anymore.