This obsession with economic growth is destroying our planet. We must rethink private ownership of land – that’s where it all went wrong.
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One set of ideas runs counter to the mainstream consensus that technology will save us from climate change. Can degrowth ever win enough converts to persuade humanity to change course?
According to a survey of almost 800 climate researchers, 73% are sceptical of the idea of green growth. Instead, approaches such as agrowth and degrowth are gaining ground.
The Baltic port city of Gdańsk, in Poland, showcases how cities might return their waterfronts to residents and restore the industrial landscape.
The oil and gas industry was in trouble before the pandemic hit, but now it faces potential collapse. A majority of Canadians want the federal government to invest in a ‘green recovery.’
Some people might think it’s a ridiculous conversation, but for the sake of the planet we need to talk about ending capitalism.
Economic growth created the climate crisis and continues to fuel it – ‘green’ growth is no solution.
If we want to live sustainably, we must question our appetite for growth.
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Canada Research Chair in Economy and Environment, Queen's University, Ontario
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
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Felllow at Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance, University of Cambridge
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Research Fellow, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, University of Surrey
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo
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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor of Architecture, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Quantitative Analytics, ESCP Business School
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Postdoctoral research fellow in Ecological economics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Assistant professor of public policy, University of Warwick
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Sessional Lecturer, School of Social Sciences & Psychology, Western Sydney University
