Category Archives: Beyond GDP

Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: an Incompatibility in Practice

Environmentalist and Stakeholder Forum Advisor, Alejo Etchart Ortiz, analyzes the implications of economic growth in sustainable development, boosting the arguments by nef’s James Meadway that the goal of economic policy cannot be growth-oriented. As Steve Bass (1997) says, economic growth … Continue reading

Video: Beyond GDP – how can we measure progress?

Watch the video of the second Earth Debate held at London’s historic Natural History Museum where leading experts discuss GDP and alternatives ways to measure progress. Continue reading

Save the date – Earth Debate: Beyond GDP, Wednesday 22 February

On the 22nd February, a panel of experts, chaired by the BBC environment correspondent Richard Black, will come together at the Natural History Museum, London to discuss how we can measure progress beyond GDP. Continue reading

Video: Ecosystem economics – can we put a price on nature?

Watch the video of the first Earth Debate held at London’s historic Natural History Museum where leading experts highlighted the importance of both recognising the value of nature, and putting this into a language that decision-makers understand. Continue reading

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