Why We Need Degrowth
Heyyo!
Happy December! Hope your end of the year is going well. This month, I explored the growing movement of degrowth. A concept that I’ve talked about in prior videos, but felt like it was important to re-interrogate, especially as we enter the holiday season. A season of overconsumption and overproduction. This video is part one of a two-part series looking at what kind of systems we need to build a zero-carbon and sustainable world. As always, the video, three quotes, and three links can be found below for your viewing pleasure!
Three Quotes:
“ It is estimated that we have already reached 90 percent of the emissions needed to reach this target temperature; in a decade, we will have exceeded the limit. Thus, if in 2011 the annual reduction in emissions needed to reach the 1.5ºC mark was 3.7 percent, today it is 9 percent.”
— Monthly Review
“In a system where technological innovation is leveraged to expand extraction and production, it makes little sense to hope that yet more technological innovation will somehow magically do the opposite.”
— Jason Hickel
“All global modeled pathways that limit warming to 1.5°C … involve rapid and deep and, in most cases, immediate greenhouse gas emissions reductions in all sectors this decade.”
— IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
Three Links:
For an Ecosocialist Degrowth (Monthly Review)
What does degrowth mean? A few points of clarification (Jason Hickel)
Hope you have a wonderful weekend,
Charlie