The climate crisis is a consequence of our economic system. Economic solutions, like carbon trading were supposed to be a problem solver. Despite such efforts, CO2 levels kept rising. Should we consider changing our economic system instead? And which role do environmental NGOs play in the battle for climate justice?
Joanna Cabello, activist and researcher on environmental justice and part of the Carbon Trade Watch collective, speaks about false solutions and grassroots activism. Joanna´s blog article "Where to begin with climate justice" is available here.
We at Research & Degrowth are repeatedly being told that our framing won't work. That we are preaching to the choir by the way we frame our proposals, and that we will never convince the broader public. So, here are our policy proposals re-framed in the language of the U.S. elections. Dedicated to all you framing aficionados out there. Oil-funded tax breaks Abolish all inc...
By Mark Burton It can be difficult to form a view of what’s really going on in our atmosphere, given the amount of information and of contradictory claims. This piece concerns recent reports on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and levels. On 16th March, a Guardian headline over an article by John Vidal said: Surge in renewable energy stalls world greenhouse gas emissions That sounds good...
Das Projekt- und Aktionsnetzwerk living utopia lädt am 5. November 2016 zur Utopie-Ökonomie-Konferenz (UTOPIKON) nach Berlin ein. Geplant sind 300 Teilnehmer*innen, fünf Keynotes, zehn Workshops und ein inspirierendes Rahmenprogramm. Als Referent*innen haben bisher unter anderem Silke Helfrich, Friederike Habermann, Niko Paech und Gerrit von Jorck zugesagt. Die Idee: Die UTOPIKON möchte zum ...
