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The climate crisis: a struggle for economic power and leadership

10.12.2015

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.

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What happens to wellbeing when economies do not grow?

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By: Andrew Fanning

Ten years ago G20 leaders committed a staggering $5 trillion of public funds to rescue the banks and restore growth during the largest economic contraction in modern times. The economies of an unprecedented number of countries — and their associated environmental footprints — experienced very low growth over the decade that followed. In a recent study published in the Journal of Cleaner Prod...

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Beyond visions and projects: the need for a debate on strategy in the degrowth movement

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By: Joe Herbert, Nathan Barlow, Iris Frey, Christoph Ambach, Pietro Cigna

Degrowth: lost in plurality? There seems to exist a gap in the degrowth discourse around the question of how to move towards a degrowth society. This brings to our attention an important concept - that of strategy. Here, we will use the word ‘strategy’ to refer to how the ends (i.e. a degrowth society) is achieved by the means. Having spent a number of years probing into the degrowth discourse...

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"Eine große, gemeinsame Transformation ist notwendig!" – Interview mit Frederik Grüneberg

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Frederik Grüneberg war Mitglied der Redaktionsgruppe der „Mainzer Botschaft“ der Ökumenischen Versammlung 2014 und ist auch Mitglied im Organisations-Kreis der Degrowth-Konferenz 2014. Im Interview im Rahmen des Stream towards Degrowth legt er dar, wo sich die beiden Bewegungen auf der Suche nach „einer Ökonomie des Lebens“ treffen. Inwiefern ist unsere Gesellschaft wachstumsabhängig? Unsere Gesellschaft ist in [...]