Economists use the Environmental Kuznets Curve to justify economic growth in the face of increasing environmental pressures There’s a consensus that sustainable development is a set of ideas that can allow…
Never-ending economic growth on a finite planet creates a profound dilemma Looking at the Earth in all its majesty reveals an undeniable truth — the physical world around us is finite. That rather obvious…
There appears to be an impossible equation at the heart of efforts to achieve a sustainable society Efforts to overcome the climate crisis are all about decarbonising the economy so that…
The rules of the game companies play by are the problem, not the solution The world’s largest pension fund recently threatened to sack the board if they don’t seek an investment strategy…
Optimism creates a false sense of security that everything will be okay in the end Had the Wright Brothers believed they didn’t stand a chance of creating a machine that could fly,…
The GDP undermines efforts to move towards a sustainable society The Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989 led to 37,000 tonnes of oil spilling into the ocean off the coast of Alaska.…