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Scientific paper • 2020

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Closing the green finance gap - A systems perspective

By: Sarah Hafner, Aled Jones, Annela Anger-Kraavi, Jan Pohl

Meeting its climate policy objectives requires the UK to rapidly decarbonise its energy sector. This demands high levels of investments into low carbon energy infrastructure, which are currently not undertaken at required scale, leading to a green finance gap. We explore (1) key investment barriers, (2) a theoretical framework for investigation and (3) possible solutions, drawing on a review of...

• 2019

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Old Man on a Bike: a story of how cycling keeps us all young

By: Mark Sutton

Mark Cramer, commentator on the subject of cycling into later life and best practice infrastructure has released a new book filled with incredible stories of how cycling contributes positively to society the world over.

Scientific paper • 2019

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Public Support for Sustainable Welfare Compared: Links between Attitudes towards Climate and Welfare Policies

By: Max Koch, Martin Fritz

The emerging concept of sustainable welfare attempts to integrate environmental sustainability and social welfare research. Oriented at a mid-term re-embedding of Western production and consumption norms into planetary limits, it suggests the development of “eco-social” policies in the rich countries. In this theoretical context, this article empirically investigates the relationships between a...

Scientific paper • 2019

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Unraveling the claims for (and against) green growth

By: Tim Jackson, Peter A. Victor

Can the global economy grow indefinitely, decoupled from the Earth's limitations? Science 22 Nov 2019, Vol. 366, Issue 6468, pp. 950-951

Scientific paper • 2019

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Who can challenge the imperial mode of living? The terrain of struggles for social-ecological transformation in the German population

By: Dennis Eversberg

This contribution draws on empirical evidence from the 2016 wave of the survey “Environmental Consciousness in Germany” to identify the potential social bases of both support for and resistance to attempts to overcome the current socio-ecological crisis by way of a broad social-ecological transformation. Firstly, the results of factor and cluster analyses of the survey’s items on attitudes ...

Scientific paper • 2019

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Is less more... or is more less? Scaling the political ecologies of the future

By: Paul Robbins

Imagining progressive environmental futures, especially among critical scholars, can be a fraught enterprise. While some theorists and activists turn towards the social emancipatory power of modern technological interventions at scale, others point to the revolutionary power of degrowth, simplicity, and conviviality. These competing political geographical imaginaries are often strident in their...

• 2019

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Dynamic Energy Return on Energy Investment (EROI) and material requirements in scenarios of global transition to renewable energies

By: Iñigo Capellán-Pérez, Carlos de Castro, Luis Javier Miguel González

A novel methodology is developed to dynamically assess the energy and material investments required over time to achieve the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources in the electricity sector. The obtained results indicate that a fast transition achieving a 100% renewable electric system globally by 2060 consistent with the Green Growth narrative could decrease the EROI of the e...

Scientific paper • 2019

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The economic and energy impacts of a UK export shock: comparing alternative modelling approaches

By: Lukas Hardt, Karen Turner, Paul Brockway, Grant Allan, John Barrett, Peter McGregor, Andrew Ross, Kim Swales, Marco Sakai

This study investigates how an increase in exports (a key pillar in the UK Industrial Strategy) could impact energy and industrial policy by comparing two types of energy-economy models. Achieving the targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions set out in the UK Climate Change Act will require a significant transformation in the UK's energy system. At the same time, the government is pursuing...

Scientific paper • 2019

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Zero carbon sooner: the case for an early zero carbon target for the UK

By: Tim Jackson

This briefing paper addresses the question of when the UK should aim for zero (or net zero) carbon emissions. Starting from the global carbon budget which would allow the world an estimated 66% chance of limiting climate warming to 1.5oC, the paper derives a carbon budget for the UK of 2.5 GtCO2. The briefing then analyses a variety of emission pathways and target dates in terms of their adequa...

Scientific paper • 2019

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Estimation of global final-stage energy-return-on-investment for fossil fuels with comparison to renewable energy sources

By: Lukas Hardt, Paul Brockway, Anne Owen, Lina Brand-Correa

Under many scenarios, fossil fuels are projected to remain the dominant energy source until at least 2050. However, harder-to-reach fossil fuels require more energy to extract and, hence, are coming at an increasing ‘energy cost’. Associated declines in fossil fuel energy-return-on-investment ratios at first appear of little concern, given that published estimates for oil, coal and gas are typi...

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - La economía industrial no es circular sino entrópica

By: Joan Martinez Alier

Conferencia de la Plenaria del Jueves por Joan Martínez Alier: "La economía industrial no es circular sino entrópica"

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - Desafíos de un modelo energético sostenible: México 2050

By: Edgar Ocampo Téllez

Esta presentación explica los desafíos de un modelo energético sostenible en México (2050).

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - A critical-integral assessment of Mexico's Energy Transition Strategy

By: Alevgul H. Sorman, Sofía Avila-Calero

Socio-environmental issues will continue to emerge if an energy transition project does not include changes in patterns of consumption and resource governance.

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - Sustainable structures of living together and degrowth in the energy sector

By: Manu Mathai

This presentation outlines an approach to imagine an energy policy break from the growth status quo.

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - Las biorrefinerías y los límites de la economía circular

By: Graciela Carrillo

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las posibilidades y límites que ofrecen las biorrefinerías como una alternativa que se presenta en el marco de la economía circular.

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - Suitable Bioenergy options in the South

By: Takashi Hayashi, James Ogbonna, Anthony Onyekuru, Yasuko Inoue,

Suitable Bioenergy options in the South; Traditional vs High-Tech: A case study in Nigeria. This presentation aims to identify actions that are applicable in developed countries but are not applicable in the countries of the South. It highlights the importance of technology transfer and policy support to promote technology dissemination.

Presentation • 2018

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First North-South Conference on Degrowth-Descrecimiento, México City 2018 - La energía nuclear como alternativa energética

By: Bernardo Salas

El autor expone los riesgos  de clasificar la energía nuclear como energía limpia. Presenta el caso de la Central Nuclear de Laguna Verde, en Mexico, y las irregularidades que allí han ocurrido.

Presentation • 2018

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Post-Growth Conference, Brussels 2018 – Workshop Technology, Growth & Sustainability

By: Guillaume Pitron, José Bellver, Paul Hodson, Doris Schroecker

Chair : Florent Marcellesi, MEP (Greens/EFA) Panellists: Guillaume Pitron (Author of “La guerre des métaux rares”), José Bellver (Researcher at FUHEM Ecosocial, Member of the Transitions Forum and the Inclusive Economy Group), Paul Hodson (European Commission, DG ENER, Energy Efficiency Unit), Doris Schroecker (European Commission, DG Industrial Technologies, Research and Innovation, Head of S...

Presentation • 2018

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Post-Growth Conference, Brussels 2018 – Workshop Squaring the Energy Circle

By: Mario Giampietro, Grégoire Wallenborn, Francesco Ferioli

Chair: Florent Marcellesi, MEP (Greens/EFA) Panellists: Mario Giampietro (Research Professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)), Grégoire Wallenborn (Free University of Brussels (ULB)), Francesco Ferioli (European Commission, DG Energy, Policy Officer in the Economic Analysis Unit)

Presentation • 2018

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Post-Growth Conference, Brussels 2018 – Workshop Energy Sufficiency

By: Riccardo Mastini, Blake Alcott, Fulvia Raffaëlli, Philippe Tulkens, Peter Zapfel

Chair: Molly Scott-Cato, MEP (Greens/EFA) Panellists: Riccardo Mastini (Friends of the Earth Europe, campaigner Resource justice and sustainability), Blake Alcott (Cambridge University, Author of The Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements), Fulvia Raffaëlli (European Commission, DG GROW, Head of Unit responsible for Clean Technologies and Products), Philippe Tulkens (E...