3. Economies beyond unlimited growth
After a plateau in in the mid-2010s, yearly greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise again. Despite rapid technological progress, emissions have failed to decouple from economic growth. Hence, we are as close as never before to miss the ambitious climate targets set out in Paris in 2015. Does that mean that we have to deliberately slow down economic growth or even reduce economic activity? Proponents of such a degrowth strategy argue that the goal of achieving SDG 13 on climate action is incompatible with economic growth. Opponents, however, emphasize the benefits of economic growth for other Sustainable Development Goals, such as SDG 1 on lifting people out of poverty. Recent contributions aim to reconcile these opposing paradigms by adopting a broader welfare diagnostics rather than a narrow focus on economic growth. In this topic stream we welcome contributions that help us to further the debate and develop a better understanding of the solutions space for well-being within planetary boundaries.
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convenors: Sabine Fuss & Maja Göpel
Program
| Session 3 | Economies beyond unlimited growth (part 1): Connecting climate and sustainability ("multi-solving") | |
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Thursday 11.00 - 12.30 room 1.401 |
Convenors: Sabine Fuss, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) & Maja Göpel, German Advisory Council on Global Change |
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| Session Chairs: Sabine Fuss, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) & Maja Göpel, German Advisory Council on Global Change | ||
| Revisiting the paradigm of manufacturing-led development: Sustainability, digitalisation and the future of manufacturing in low and middle income countries | ||
| Stefanie Kunkel, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam (IASS Potsdam) | ||
| Climate Denial: Populism, Post-Truth and Environmental Politics | ||
| Maria Proestou, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Frank Fischer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | ||
| How a decision support tool helps to make sustainability tangible – A case study on dual-purpose chicken farming | ||
| Felix Zoll, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) | ||
| Session 3 | Economies beyond unlimited growth (part 2): Patterns of ecologically sound solutions (Provisioning systems, Diffusion Theory, Circular Anthropocene, Digital, ...) | |
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Thursday 15.30 - 17.00 room 1.401 |
Convenors: Sabine Fuss, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) & Maja Göpel, German Advisory Council on Global Change |
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| Session Chairs: Sabine Fuss, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) & Maja Göpel, German Advisory Council on Global Change | ||
| Organizing in a Sustainable Degrowth Society | ||
| Iana Nesterova, University of Derby | ||
| The diffusion of environmental product and service innovations: Driving and inhibiting factors | ||
| Klaus Fichter, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg | ||
| Mining the Anthroposphere in the context of Circular Economy Aiming for Sustainable Development | ||
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Vivek Jaisree Mohandas, Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH & Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
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| Session 3 | Economies beyond unlimited growth (part 3) - De-growth versus Green Growth (de-growth/green growth/a-growth/…) (block a) | |
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Friday 13.30 - 15.00 room 1.401 |
Convenors: Sabine Fuss, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) & Maja Göpel, German Advisory Council on Global Change |
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| Session Chairs: Sabine Fuss, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) & Maja Göpel, German Advisory Council on Global Change | ||
| Decoupling resource use and emissions from economic growth: green growth, a-growth or de-growth for zero-carbon society? | ||
| Helmut Haberl, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna | ||
| Should we put the brake on economic growth to save the climate? An overview of the scientific debate | ||
| Michael Jakob, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) & Technische Universität Berlin | ||
| Examining the case for a Green New Deal to address economic and sustainability challenges | ||
| Tim Foxon, University of Sussex |
| Session 3 | Economies beyond unlimited growth (part 4): De-growth versus Green Growth (de-growth/green growth/a-growth/…) (block b) | |
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Friday 15.30 - 16.30 room 1.401 |
Convenors: Sabine Fuss, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) & Maja Göpel, German Advisory Council on Global Change |
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| Session Chairs: Sabine Fuss, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) & Maja Göpel, German Advisory Council on Global Change | ||
| Fossil capital is a monster, and it needs to go | ||
| William Lamb, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) | ||
| Critical business environment factors of innovative rural business cases | ||
| Muluken Elias Adamseged, Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB)) |