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Tag Archives: economic growth
Living within limits to Growth: How?
Living within limits to Growth – how do we do it? Talk given by Mark H Burton, Steady State Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, 6 May, 2017. Here are the notes and illustrations used in this talk. It covers the following … Continue reading
Greater Manchester Spatial Framework – our response.
Click for the pdf version of our response The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework is a “master plan” for the use of land across Greater Manchester for the next 20 years. Steady State Manchester responds to it here. While there are … Continue reading
What’s most important for Greater Manchester
We went to Chorlton and Whalley Range Green Festival on Saturday and ran an activity to help people engage with us. We took some of the ideas that underpin “official” thinking on devolution and economic development in the city region … Continue reading
New evidence on decoupling carbon emissions from GDP growth: what does it mean?
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
Posted in Climate Change, key concepts
Tagged Carbon Brief, climate change, decoupling, economic growth, GHG emissions, Mark Burton
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Global emissions – a brief guide for the perplexed.
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
Posted in Climate Change, economics, energy, news
Tagged climate change, decoupling, economic growth, energy, GHG emissions
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Murderous economy
In Honduras last week, another environmental campaigner was murdered. This time there was some international coverage: her photo even appeared on the front page of the Guardian. But though she was clearly an outstanding leader, who inspired many who met … Continue reading
The decoupling debate, one year on: the global picture, and Manchester.
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
Economics and Climate Change: the no-nonsense guide.
Climate change is the biggest threat to the world. But addressing it is difficult. First it is necessary to know what causes it. The 2014 report of the International Panel on Climate Change said: “ Globally, economic and population growth … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, degrowth, economic growth, green growth, steady state economy
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