Although much maligned as a measurement of progress, some believe a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measurement that includes natural capital could be the way forward
… Sticking with GDP could be the best safeguard for nature Tom Levitt | 20th November 2009 News GDP Economics And Politics Biodiversity … some believe a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measurement that includes natural capital …
Economic growth is destroying more than it is creating, argues the French president as he calls for a new measure of national wealth
… GDP should be scrapped, says Sarkozy The Ecologist | 15th September 2009 News GDP Economic Growth Sustainability Happy … report which urges governments to stop using GDP as the primary measure of progress. The …
A post-Copenhagen look at where the carbon emissions are coming from and how that is projected to change over the coming decade
… does and 18 times that of India. Change in GDP and CO2 Rises in gross domestic product (GDP) are usually strongly correlated to rises … dioxide emissions. For example, China saw GDP increases of more than 250 per cent …
Few people in policy work have nice things to say about the Treasury, especially if you produce reports challenging economic growth. So Sarkozy's recent move on GDP is welcome
… 2009 Comment Politics And Economics Growth GDP porritt.jpg Few people in policy work have … economic growth. So Sarkozy's recent move on GDP is welcome I can’t help it, but I love … irrational way in which the pursuit of GDP has come to dominate all economic policy …
There's been plenty of excitement over China and India's pledges to reduce the 'carbon intensity' of their economies. But without absolute limits, this is just business as usual
… will be calculated as a ratio of emissions to GDP output (a notoriously unhelpful measure of … of 50 per cent and a doubling of per capita GDP then we are looking at the need for emissions per unit of GDP to fall by 86.8 per cent over the next 40 …
Growth in India's carbon emissions could be nearly halved by the year 2030 through the use of known practices and technologies, according to a new report from McKinsey & Company
… and 2030-roughly 1.8-2.3 percent of India's GDP over this period. The projection also … estimated at around 2.6 percent of India's GDP . The McKinsey study is the latest …
Tim Jackson's new book, 'Prosperity Without Growth', is an explosive indictment of the failure of economic growth to provide sustainable wellbeing for the world's population. But there could be another way forward...
… economic growth. So Sarkozy's recent move on GDP is welcome COMMENT Face it: orthodox … global financial collapse was inevitable NEWS GDP should be scrapped, says Sarkozy Economic …
Copper underwires the modern world, running through everything from the gas guzzler to the wind turbine. Any country that finds substantial reserves of the metal ought to consider itself to have struck gold. That is, until you let the World Bank decide how your mines should be run…
… Bank as middle-income, on a par (in terms of GDP per capita) with European nations such as … company accounted for one-sixth of Zambia’s GDP and a third of total exports, also …
A new report reveals Shell's expanding investment in the most polluting fuels, attempts to scupper plans to act on climate change and the complicity of top executives in continued gas flaring in Nigeria
… Oil accounts for 80 per cent of the country's GDP A new report reveals Shell's expanding …
The steady loss of forests, soils, wetlands, fisheries, species and coral reefs around the world is closely tied to the lack of value we put on nature, says three-year study
… is consumption-led, production-driven, and GDP-measured. This model is in need of …
Phasing out fossil fuels, encouraging faster take-up of renewables and making radical improvements in energy efficiency would double Europe's emission cuts, says study
… likely to be between 1 and 3 per cent of EU GDP. 'While this is not a trival sum by any …
All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an intensification of farming and money for GM crops?
… 50 per-cent of its current agricultural GDP . Farming under the UN So what would the …
As adventure tourism exhausts its possibilities, what next?… A look at why we travel, its environmental impact, and where our final destination might be
… makes significant contributions to national GDP in the majority of countries with the … amount to just 0.48 per cent of expected GDP. Alternatively, if the tourism industry is …
India has a substantial part to play in a climate deal, but failing to acknowledge historical responsibility is akin to giving the US 'squatters' rights' to the atmosphere
… The country uses less energy per unit of GDP than the United States and half as much as …
Armed and financed by Western corporations, Indonesia is waging a brutal war against a tribal people with little more than bows and arrows to defend itself.
… base and accounts for half of West Papua’s GDP. By the end of Grasberg’s life, Freeport …
From chasing endangered parrots to hunting for the environmental holy grail with Friends of the Earth, one of Britain's pre-eminent eco campaigners wants to take his quest for a better, greener world to the halls of Westminster.
Dixe Wills meets a man on a mission
… measure to national wellbeing to replace GDP. It would include people’s life …
Ravaged for decades by famine and war, Ethiopia is trying to eliminate hunger for good with organic farming. Robin Maynard met the man spearheading the campaign
… Producing 40 per cent of the country’s GDP, agriculture is the largest sector of the …