** RECOMMENDED ** Mainstream economists accused of playing down climate threat

Mainstream economics has consistently understated the economic damage of climate change, according to two recent reports. As economic models fail to include tipping points, floods, droughts or indoor work, they hugely underplay the economic damage that global warming will do, the reports argue.

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‘Green Growth’ Won’t Prevent Climate Collapse. ‘Degrowth’ Might

In its March report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that there is a “rapidly closing window of opportunity” to secure a livable and sustainable future for all.

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How Economics Overpowers Culture | Lisi Krall

“Agriculture severs the ties of humans to the more-than-human world. We're no longer embedded in the rhythm and dynamic of the more-than-human world. 10,000 years ago, homo sapiens began farming a grain surplus.

Ökonomik

Jenseits des Wachstums-Dogmas

Die meisten ökonomischen Theorien gehen davon aus, dass es auch in einer sozialen Marktwirtschaft nicht ohne Wachstum geht. Werden Sie am Panel dieser Annahme widersprechen?

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White House Aims to Reflect the Environment in Economic Data

Forests that keep hillsides from eroding and clean the air. Wetlands that protect coastal real estate from storm surges. Rivers and deep snows that attract tourists and create jobs in rural areas.

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** RECOMMENDED READING ** How Scientists From the “Global South” Are Sidelined at the IPCC

When Yamina Saheb started work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2019, she was stunned at the treatment meted out to researchers from the “global south.

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The world's in a 'polycrisis' — and these countries want to quash it by looking beyond GDP

LONDON — For a small but growing network of countries, the world's go-to metric of economic health is no longer fit for purpose. Mostly led by women, Finland, Iceland, Scotland, Wales and New Zealand are all members of the Wellbeing Economy Governments partnership.

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What ecological economists need to know about the financial sector - Katie Kedward

There’s one huge structural driver of unsustainability that ecological economists rarely talk about, is fiendishly complex, and deliberately opaque in part to avoid accountability. We’re talking about the financial sector.

Ökonomik

Marx dachte ökologisch

Der Wissenschaftler Kohei Saito landete mit einem ökokommunistischen Manifest in Japan einen Bestseller.

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Herman Daly, 84, Who Challenged the Economic Gospel of Growth, Dies

Perhaps the best-known ecological economist, he faulted his mainstream peers for failing to account for the environmental harm growth can bring.

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Dieser Politologe ist gegen CO2-Steuern aber für Subventionen

Herr Meckling, der Krieg in der Ukraine hat auch bei uns zu einer akuten Energiekrise geführt. Sie haben untersucht, wie Länder in der Vergangenheit auf Energieprobleme reagiert haben und wie erfolgreich ihre Strategien waren.

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** RECOMMENDED READING ** Pace of Climate Change Sends Economists Back to Drawing Board

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. Economists have been examining the impact of climate change for almost as long as it’s been known to science.

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** EMPFOHLENE LEKTÜRE ** «Notwendig ist ein Fokus auf Gerechtigkeit»

Was bringen CO₂-Steuern und Ausgleichszahlungen zum Schutz der Biodiversität wirklich? Adrienne Buller hat die Rezepte, mit denen der freie Markt die Klimakrise regeln soll, empirisch untersucht.

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L’économique et le vivant : Dépasser le stade des croyances pour se confronter aux réalités

Tout le monde semble submergé par la complexité des défis que représente le réchauffement climatique. Je prétends, au contraire, que dès lors qu’on lève le nez du guidon, comme lorsqu’on escalade une montagne, les grandes lignes du paysage se dégagent facilement.

Ökonomik

Prof. Roger Pielke Jr. "The Inconvenient Truth about Climate Science"

Roger Pielke, Jr. has been on the faculty of the University of Colorado Boulder since 2001, where he teaches and writes on a diverse range of policy and governance issues related to science, technology, environment, innovation and sports. Roger is a professor in the Environmental Studies Program.

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“It’s a Very Western Vision of the World”

The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) not only shows that urgent and drastic changes will be necessary to avert even more devastating consequences of global warming than those which are already unavoidable, but also mentions, for the first time, the possibi

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The Way We Talk About Climate Change Is Wrong

Climate activism in the United States and Europe is typically framed as sacrifice for the sake of future generations: We must consume less now to extend the expiration date on human civilization as we know it.

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* IPCC REPORT * Podcast: Economics, Conflicts of Interest, Media Manipulation & More

The audio companion to Part 1 includes both Joyashree Roy and Julia Steinberger on reducing the demand for fossil fuels, plus a look at conflicts of interest within the IPCC process, and Max Boykoff on the media's role in climate action. Transcript is below as well!

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Neue Gradmesser des Fortschritts

Einige Messgrößen, ergänzt um wichtige Warnleuchten, so könnte das Indikatorentableau für die neue Wohlstandsmessung aussehen.

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