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.
Economic growth can’t reduce inequalities; it merely postpones confronting exploitation. The emergence of interest in degrowth can be traced back to the 1st International Degrowth Conference organized in Paris in 2008. At this conference, degrowth was defined as a “voluntary transition towards a just, participatory, and ecologically sustainable society,” so challenging the dogma of economic gr...
By Kanchi Kohli and Manju Menon Is the world going through an environmental crisis? If yes, who has caused it and where does the onus to remedy it lie? If one is to go by the policy debates and outcomes worldwide, the existence of a crisis seems established, the attribution contested, and the road map for remedies under perpetual review. Each year several international conventions revisit thei...
Von Christiane Kliemann Dass es mit dem Wirtschaftswachstum auf einem begrenzten Planeten nicht ewig so weitergehen kann, ist inzwischen vielen Menschen klar. Was jedoch alles damit zusammenhängt – sowohl mit dem Wachstum selbst als auch mit der Abkehr von demselben – ist oft nicht auf den ersten Blick ersichtlich. Unter dem Motto „weniger wird mehr“ gibt der „Postwachstumsatlas“ von Le Monde ...
