The link with life expectancy depends on the fact that rising levels of GDP per capita are associated, among other things, with better nutrition, higher hygiene conditions and more effective health systems. 38. There is one dimension in which GDP, however, does not perform well as a measure of well-being, which stems from its impact on the environment.
Data also show, in fact, a dangerous correlation between GDP per capita and carbon emission, which are harmful both for the health of human beings and for the planet (slide 21). This cost of economic development can no longer be borne.