According to the UN, population growth is a driving force behind emission increases yet it will not be on the agenda at any of the upcoming climate talks
… Copenhagen and population growth: the topic politicians won’t discuss … per capita? According to the UN, population growth is a driving force behind emission … million by 2050. But most of the population growth will be in poorer countries, such as …
What is economic growth, is it necessary, and is there an alternative?
… January 2020 | News Resurgence & Ecologist Degrowth Science & Systems … What is economic growth, is it necessary, and is there an alternative? Growth – economic growth – will increasingly …
Phosphorus exhaustion limits Amazon's growth rate as CO2 rises, making the rainforest less resilient to climate breakdown.
… Amazon growth limited by lack of phosphorus Brendan … Phosphorus exhaustion limits Amazon's growth rate as CO2 rises, making the … less resilient to climate breakdown. Growth of the Amazon rainforest in our …
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
… capital could be the way forward Economic growth is ‘destroying more than it is … Tim Jackson, author of Prosperity Without Growth , points out, if the current rate of GDP growth continues the global economy will be 80 …
Organic food and drink now makes up 1.5 percent of Britain's shopping baskets after six years of steady growth, according to a Soil Association report published today. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… UK now worth £2.2 billion after sixth year of growth Brendan Montague | 7th February 2018 … shopping baskets after six years of steady growth, according to a Soil Association report … The market has now had six years of steady growth, with organic accounting for 1.5 …
An interview with Friends of the Earth’s Kierra Box.
… for Brexit - is the illusion that economic growth is vital to national prosperity, and … advanced by those who benefit most from such growth - private and institutional investors, … true. Box argues that support for economic growth made sense in a previous era, when the …
The next world population milestone of 8 billion will come sooner than we think - perhaps as early as 2025 - yet we remain reluctant to debate the issue. A forthcoming Royal Society report may force us to
… progress in tackling ecological limits to growth and a failure to embrace one of the two … to talk about how areas of high population growth will be impacted by climate change, as … Beddington does, rather than how population growth itself is a cause of climate change and …
Deutsche Bank economist Pavan Sukhdev is heading up the groundbreaking TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) report and doing for nature what Sir Nicholas Stern did for climate change - valuing it
… you can have progress without GDP-led growth Tom Levitt | 22nd January 2010 Comment Economic Growth Biodiversity Deforestation Nature … and how progress is possible without economic growth TL: Could those same politicians and …
Margaret Thatcher flipped from environmental advocate to climate change denier.
… action, and argued that economic growth must benefit “future as well as present generations everywhere.” Economic Growth But, her autobiography states: “By the … economies to grow and develop because without growth you cannot generate the wealth required …
Białowieża Forest is the best preserved forest ecosystem and the best preserved old-growth lowland forest in Europe. But it is under threat, reports BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… forest ecosystem and the best preserved old-growth lowland forest in Europe. But it is … plan to triple logging in the protected old-growth forest was in breach of the EU Birds … logging is taking place, including old-growth forest stands. Dariusz Gatkowski, …
Misguided images of sacrifice may be putting people off living more sustainable lifestyles. But reversing that may require policymakers to start encouraging wider metrics of success and happiness
… Kara Moses | 4th August 2010 News Economic Growth Sustainability Politics And Economics … of the groundbreaking ‘Prosperity without Growth’ report for the SDC, agrees that there … stuck with ‘old-fashioned’ views of economic growth. ‘There is that potential out there - …
'Capitalism, colonialism, and ecological devastation are all cause and effect of each other, and they coevolved together.'
… as a direct result of its exponential growth. This to me sounds very similar - … its behaviour. We move from C-M-C to M-C-M’. Growth As Marx points out in Capital, there is … is capitalism itself. At the same time, the growth of capitalism means only a neoliberal, …
Campaigners urge Michael Gove to get tough on 'dark store' delivery depots or risk children’s health and well-being from air pollution.
… Lorax Initiative states that the unchecked growth and lack of regulation of last-mile … in its new report, Making Ecommerce Growth Green . The owners should report on … College London, said: “The unregulated growth of dark stores and micro fulfilment …
'This year we see yet another rise in global fossil CO2 emissions, when we need a rapid decline.'
… the largest contributor to total emissions growth. The growth in oil emissions can be largely … although climate change reduced this growth by an estimated 4% (ocean sink) and …
Urgent calls from health experts to reduce antibiotic use on intensive farms are largely resisted by the agribusiness food lobby, who downplay its role in the spread of antibiotic resistance in humans. Tom Levitt reports
… antibiotics are also used in low levels as growth promoters in the cattle sector, a … doses have been found to improve the growth rates of farm animals. But as they only … opposed to the use of antibiotics as growth promoters, government officials in the …
Fakenomics: Lee Raymond is the Texan captain who steered the Exxon ship against the rising tide of climate science.
… the opportunity to experience wealth and growth if they were not allowed to use fossil … fuels unabatedly. “Energy use and economic growth are inextricably linked,” he told the … “The countries with the highest economic growth and the highest standards of living are …
A post-Copenhagen look at where the carbon emissions are coming from and how that is projected to change over the coming decade
… do not always lead to such spectacular growth in GDP. Thailand saw emissions rise by … on 2005 levels by 2020. Projected emission growth While annex I countries, which include … for economic, population and technological growth. All graphics reproduced from the World …
Margaret Thatcher was at the height of her premiership when she took to the podium at the United Nations general assembly on the global environment held at the UN building in New York on 8 November 1989, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… between ecological conservation and economic growth: “We must have continued economic growth in order to generate the wealth … protection of the environment. But it must be growth which does not plunder the planet today …
How might a post-capitalist society evolve to meet the needs of humans and the natural world?
… prescribed by the society in which they live. Growth of capital Today, almost all … has to grow, and has to accumulate. The growth of capital is in direct conflict with …
An interview with George Monbiot and audio of his talk at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London.
… puts profit making, the markets and economic growth ahead of human happiness. This is the … back to [Keynes],” Monbiot responds. “It is growth based. The whole point of Keynesian … economics is to maintain the rate of growth - not too fast, not too slow - and we …
An interview with George Monbiot, ahead of his talk at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London on 11 February 2020.
… puts profit making, the markets and economic growth ahead of human happiness. This is the … back to [Keynes],” Monbiot responds. “It is growth based. The whole point of Keynesian … economics is to maintain the rate of growth - not too fast, not too slow - and we …
High-street customers could be subsidising the role of Barclays Capital in driving up global food prices and leaving millions facing hunger and malnutrition, says campaign group. Tom Levitt reports
… it is allowing its traders to take. Rapid growth in speculation From a position of … H Greco Jr's new book on money challenges the growth fetish and gives practical examples of …
Britain now stands half way between the triggering of Article 50 and leaving the EU. Yet, we still cannot be clear what will happen to environmental regulations. We shouldn’t be demonising regulations that are there to protect our future as “red tape”. Part two of a three part series by BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… regulatory barriers to growth and associated costs to the house … between environmental protection and economic growth." Carol Day, a lawyer at the … were too often presented as a barrier to growth when the reality was “[t]he network of …