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The main point of the article is that degrowthing is incompatible with poverty reduction. I like à lot this quote: "you can't negotiate with physics". It got qu
by pl-94 5y ago
The main point of the article is that degrowthing is incompatible with poverty reduction.
I like à lot this quote: "you can't negotiate with physics". It got quite famous after being used by G. Thunberg at Davos, while it is much older [1].
In other words, poverty might be overcome with public policies, while the issue is way more complex concerning climate change (and loss of biodiversity)
[1] https://medium.com/@billmckibben/why-the-earth-is-heating-so-fast-267072ab2b49 https://medium.com/@billmckibben/why-the-earth-is-heating-so...