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The raging debate between green growth and degrowth continues. Technology is a focal point in this debate as the advocates
of green growth and degrowth have contradictory views on the roles and impacts of technology on environment and society. Green
growth advocates believe that technology can allow indefinite growth while simultaneously ensuring environmental and societal
sustainability, whereas the degrowth advocates argue that technological progress cannot allow indefinite growth. These views
are largely opinion based rather than informed by objective and systematic analyses because comprehensive tools to evaluate
the roles and impacts of technology on environment and society do not yet exist. This paper develops a much-needed framework
to comprehensively evaluate the roles of technology on environment and society by analysing the interactions among the dimensions
of technology, environment, economy and society. Key parameters that characterise technology are proposed for its evaluation
and the policy implications of technological evaluations are examined. Finally, potential future research directions are explored.
The technological evaluation approach proposed in this paper has a potential to significantly advance the green growth versus
degrowth debate.
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