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Cop27: Is it time to rethink endless economic growth?

Cop27: Is it time to rethink endless economic growth?

Science Weekly vor 3 Jahren

Many of the world's economies depend on growth, and an ever-increasing GDP. But is this really possible on a rapidly warming planet with finite resources? Ian Sample speaks to environmental economist Tim Jackson about reimagining economic growth, and what

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A key goal of governments around the world is economic growth –
continually increasing production and consumption to keep GDP
rising. But can our economies grow on a rapidly warming planet with
finite resources? According to a recent UN report, the only way
left to limit the worst impacts of the climate crisis is a “rapid
transformation of societies”. In our third Cop27 special, Ian
Sample speaks to ecological economist Tim Jackson about the myth of
eternal growth, other ways to think about progress and prosperity,
and what an economic system in balance with our planetary system
might look like. Help support our independent journalism at
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