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How did Gordon Brown connect economic growth with environmental protection?

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Gordon Brown challenged the traditional view that economic growth and environmental protection were mutually exclusive goals. Instead, he advocated for a policy of environmental sustainability based on the principle that economic and environmental objectives should reinforce one another. By integrating these priorities, he sought to demonstrate that long-term prosperity is fundamentally linked to responsible stewardship of the environment.1