Some ideas are so incredibly asinine and destructive that you'll of course find some high-brow academic movement that promotes them. Such is the case with something known as "degrowth"—a burgeoning ...
It is widely accepted that human activities are the primary drivers of global warming and environmental crises, including the rapid loss of biodiversity. However, the debate over how best to address ...
“Degrowth” is suddenly popping up in newsfeeds everywhere — it’s an economic and environmental philosophy that claims sustainability and quality of life are its governing principles. But a closer ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Supporters of so-called degrowth proclaim that without radical economic change — and falling GDP — ecological ...
Claudius Gräbner-Radkowitsch is a member of the Bündnis90/Die Grünen (The Greens) party. He has received research grants, notably from the Austrian FWF and the German DFG. Birte Strunk does not work ...
Improving energy efficiency is not enough for advocates of degrowth, who espouse energy sufficiency as the best way to fight climate change. But their argument is absurd: using limited inputs more ...