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> As Costa Rica is a small country, it's much easier for it achieve these lofty goals, than say, countries like China and the USA, which are larger in size.

Does this affirmation actually hold? Is it really easier just because it's smaller? In this particular case Costa Rica has a lot of natural resources that enable this. But in general I think that these changes depend more on willingness than country size.

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It struck me the same way. Presumably, you have a lot fewer people to work at pulling this off, also. That would be like saying, "of course it's hard for Costa Rica to achieve these lofty goals, with only a few million people to support it, whereas China has over a billion people". The particular resources, yeah, maybe, but that particular statement seemed silly.

> In this particular case Costa Rica has a lot of natural resources that enable this

Maybe the clue is here? Presumably the USA and China have areas the size of Costa Rica that are as rich in resources as it but those are averaged out by the rest of the land.

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