Tag Archives: decoupling

The renewed clamour for growth: ignorance, stupidity or immorality?

Posted on 26 July, 2022 by The Steady State Manchester team

We are currently seeing renewed calls from leading politicians for a focus on “growth”, by which they mean economic growth, as measured by Gross Domestic Product, or GDP. The Conservative contenders are doing it, and Labour’s current leadership are too. … Continue reading →

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Re-focussing the economy in times of climate emergency and economic exclusion

Posted on 11 February, 2020 by The Steady State Manchester team

Re-focussing the economy in times of climate emergency and economic exclusion. Mark H Burton Based on a talk given to Manchester Labour Backbenchers’ Committee, 6 February, 2020. Republished at themeteor.org resilience.org and shorttermwealth.com    click for a pdf version In … Continue reading →

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Six problems for Green Deals

Posted on 12 September, 2019 by The Steady State Manchester team

by Mark H Burton A talk given as part of the panel session on The Economics of Climate Emergency, at Manchester Metropolitan University’s launch event for the Future Economies Research Centre.  Also available here at resilience.org: Spanish translation here /Traducción … Continue reading →

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The circular economy: is it the solution to resource depletion and pollution?

Posted on 5 October, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

The main promoter of the circular economy (CE) defines it like this: A circular economy is one that is restorative and regenerative by design, and which aims to keep products, components and materials at their highest utility and value at … Continue reading →

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STEADY STATE Part One: The National and International Context

Posted on 21 August, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

This interview piece appears in Manchester’s Now Then magazine.  A second installment, on the Greater Manchester context will appear in the next issue. Click HERE to read the interview.  Thanks to Ian Pennington at Now Then for inviting us and … Continue reading →

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New evidence on decoupling carbon emissions from GDP growth: what does it mean?

Posted on 15 April, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

New evidence suggests absolute decoupling in some economies, but is it enough and will it last? PDF version Background Does economic growth inevitably lead to more emissions of pollutants, and specifically of greenhouse gases? In previous posts I’ve shown that … Continue reading →

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Global emissions – a brief guide for the perplexed.

Posted on 22 March, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

This article now republished at degrowth.de as Again and again: supposed evidence for decoupling emissions from growth is not what it seems. Note: we have published other, including more recent, pieces on the myth of decoupling, including commentary on more … Continue reading →

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The decoupling debate, one year on: the global picture, and Manchester.

Posted on 30 September, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

update:  an updated and longer version of this piece now appears at degrowth.de and was also syndicated by resilience.org and This Changes Everything Note: we have published other, including more recent, pieces on the myth of decoupling, including commentary on … Continue reading →

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