Decoupling Economic Growth from Resource Use and Carbon Emissions

Since the industrial revolution, the global north has seen massive economic growth. Yet that growth has been linked to increasing greenhouse gas emissions. We also live on a planet with finite resources, so it's hard to believe that we can continue to consume resources and release emissions and not sail right past our collective climate goals. That’s why some people are starting to rethink perpetual economic growth as the best measure of a healthy economy. But what would an economy focused on metrics other than growth look like?  

Guests: 

Anuna De Wever, Climate and Social Justice activist

Leigh Phillips, journalist and author of Austerity Ecology & The Collapse-Porn Addicts

Marieke van Doorninck, Director, Kennisland, former Deputy Mayor, Amsterdam

For show notes and related links, visit https://www.climateone.org/audio/rethinking-economic-growth-wealth-and-health

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