Breaking the trade-off between prosperity and the environment is an opportunity rather than something that will happen on its own.

Drawn from what Hannah Ritchie said

What this subject means

sustainability Whether human wellbeing and environmental impact still have to trade off against each other.

On the topicDo we shrink our way out of the climate problem, or grow our way out?under our view: It is an opportunity rather than a law, and it can still be missed

What Hannah Ritchie actually said

Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?

In tension with

Cheap clean energy has broken the old trade-off between raising living standards and cutting environmental harm.

These are the two halves of Ritchie’s own argument and they pull against each other on purpose: the deadlock has started to break, and there is no law that says it will keep breaking. She holds both, and the second is the sentence she says she always adds.

Shared subject first, then similar wording. They may agree or disagree.