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Degrowth
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We know exactly what we need to do in order to avert climate breakdown. We need to mobilise a rapid rollout of renewable energy – a global Green New Deal – to cut world emissions in half within a decade and get to zero before 2050. Keep in mind that this is a global average target. High-income nations, given their greater responsibility for historical emissions, need to do it much more quickly, reaching zero by 2030. It is impossible to overstate how dramatic this is; it is the single most chall
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― Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
― Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
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The problem with economic growth isn’t just that we might run out of resources at some point. The problem is that it progressively degrades the integrity of ecosystems.
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― Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
― Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
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Degrowth is a movement that pushes for the downscaling of over-industrialized economies for the …more
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