Camila Moreno, expert on "green" energy in Brazil, gives some demonstrative examples of so called green and clean energy projects and their impact in the Global South. Her input is part of the panel A worldwide energy revolution? which took place at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in September 2014.
Would you like to continue on the topic? Discussions and actions for Climate Justice and Degrowth are continued at the Degrowth Summerschool 2015, for example with the panel discussion "Green growth" vs. "Leave it in the soil!" - the issue of natural resources.
By Mark Burton Most ecological economists argue that continued economic growth is incompatible with ecological safety. That is to say continued increases in Gross Domestic Product, (GDP and also Gross Value Added, GVA) cannot happen while reducing ecological impacts in general, and climate change-causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in particular. It isn’t a popular message, and is one that ...
With the "Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change" published by the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium earlier this month, another world religion has expressed heavy concerns about the pursuit of relentless economic growth. Professor Odeh Al Jayyousi, one of the members of the Symposium, had attended our summer school on degrowth and climate justice right before the symposium a...
von Christiane Kliemann Mit der Sommerschule im Klimacamp im Rheinland werden zum ersten Mal die Themen Degrowth und Klimagerechtigkeit explizit zusammen gedacht. Das Eröffnungspodium ,,Keine Klimagerechtigkeit ohne Degrowth‟ hatte somit die Aufgabe, den großen Bogen zu schlagen und die Verbindungslinien zwischen Klimagerechtigkeit, Degrowth und dem Widerstand gegen fossile Energieträger zu zi...
