Degrowth movement wants to stop humanity driving over a cliff

Degrowth movement wants to stop humanity driving over a cliff
Ecologist Mike Joy is a freshwater expert and degrowth proponent. (Image: supplied)
Greg Hurrell
Climate scientists are warning of the dire consequences to human societies and nature if average temperatures rise much more than 1.5°C. Around the world, and in New Zealand, the best minds are working feverishly to replace fossil fuels with new forms of renewable energy. Conferences bring them together to discuss the transition to net-zero emissions by 2050.But there are some who think this is all in vain. They say climate change is just one symptom caused by the transgression of global boundaries. Unless humanity finds a way to withd...

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