Across Europe, politicians, academics and civil society will explore the need for economic system transformation beyond growth at several national-level events. At least five Beyond Growth conferences have so far been confirmed, in Austria, Denmark, France, Ireland and Italy – most of them taking place within national Parliaments. These events are a direct consequence of …
Joint paper for an EU Directive on Sustainable Resource Management
There is a crucial gap in current EU laws: Resource overconsumption is not being addressed although it is predicted to continue to rise, underscoring the imperative for a new, binding law with science-based and overarching resource use reduction targets. We are launching a collective call for an EU Directive on Sustainable Resource Management together with …
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Degrowth must go hand in hand with decolonisation to solve climate crisis
Original opinion piece by Emilia Reyes in Open Democracy World leaders are now in Dubai for COP28, where they are set to discuss how to fast-track the global push towards clean energy. And with the Global North responsible for 92% of the world’s excess carbon dioxide emissions and 74% of excess material use (half of …
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Final EU laws on raw materials will increase mining and fail to deliver justice
Update 18th March 2024: the Council of the EU gave its final approval on the Critical Raw Materials Act, meaning the Regulation is adopted and will be published in the Official Journal of the EU, entering into force on the twentieth day following this.Today, after several weeks of negotiations between the European Commission, the European …
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An EU society beyond growth? We met again to discuss how
For the second time, we brought representatives from academia, NGOs, grassroots and trade unions together around the topic of a beyond growth society in the EU.
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Controversy over EU Commission’s post-growth commitments
Open Letter calling to move beyond growth started dispute Scientists Timothée Parrique, Kate Raworth and Vincent Liegey and organisations European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth Europe, Wellbeing Economy Alliance and European Youth Forum respond to the European Commission with a fresh case for a post-growth Europe to realise a dignified life for all within …
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