"Degrowth is a planned economic contraction in wealthy countries that reduces production and consumption - and, by extension, greenhouse gas emissions and stresses on global ecosystems - to sustainable levels within ecological limits. This book explores the idea of degrowth as an economic...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1 Addressing Our Environmental Crisis -- 2 Beyond False Solutions -- 3 The Case Against Economic Growth -- 4 The Degrowth Alternative -- 5 Questions and Critiques -- 6 Pathways for Change -- References --...

"Over the past year, the "Green New Deal" has moved from relative obscurity to front and centre of policy discussions and public debates about how to respond to the climate crisis. It has been credited with radically changing the nature of the conversation on climate change and with...