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The Plague Economy: Inequality and the Preoccupation with Growth

Green Market Oracle

Julia Steinberger echoes these sentiments saying that confronting capitalism is the only way we can "avoid disaster". We need to see changes in corporate governance and more specifically the fiduciary obligation to deliver profit at all costs. We cannot survive a return to the old model of neoliberal growth.

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We are on the Cusp of the Collapse of Civilization

Green Market Oracle

We have known the situation on Earth is dire for many years now. According to recent research published by the AGU , we may have underestimated CO2 emissions from thawing permafrost by as much as 14 percent. Another study from the World Meteorological Organisation indicates that we are now only 0.2 ° C below the 1.5 ° C (2.7 °F)

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Can we avoid ecological collapse? Prof. Julia Steinberger

Low Impact

Can we avoid ecological collapse? This is part 2 of a conversation with Julia Steinberger, professor of ecological economics at the University of Leeds and a member of the intergovernmental panel on climate change – the IPCC. This is something we modelled, and we have a paper coming out soon.

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