ISEE- September Colloquium ISEE/DeGrowth July 7, 2020Economy and Livelihoods after COVID-19 A global online symposium of the International Degrowth Network and the International Society for Ecological Economics. September 1 to September 4th, 2020, University of Manchester. The sessions will be in the afternoons BST. Join us … Continue reading → The post September Colloquium ISEE/DeGrowth appeared first on The International Society […]
- Researcher in Maritime Economics Needed July 6, 2020Job title: Researcher in maritime economics Reference: PV-2020-041 Department/Office: Département des Ressources Biologiques et Environnement Unité de recherche Economie Maritime Duty station: Brest, Bretagne, FR, France Deadline for applications: 23/08/2020 The Institute and the recruiting department A pioneer in ocean science, … Continue reading → The post Researcher in Maritime Economics Needed appeared first on The […]
- Call for inputs by the Standing Committee on Finance June 26, 2020Call for inputs by the Standing Committee on Finance relating to the organization of its next Forum The Conference of the Parties (COP) at its seventeenth session mandated the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) to organize a Forum for communication … Continue reading → The post Call for inputs by the Standing Committee on Finance […]
- 2020 Human Development Report June 16, 202017 June UNDP-UNEP, New York High-level Dialogue on the 2020 Human Development Report PEOPLE AND THE PLANET: The Future of Development in a Post-COVID-19 World WEDNESDAY, 17 JUNE 2020; 3:30 p.m. CET / 9:30 am EDT Register to Join the … Continue reading → The post 2020 Human Development Report appeared first on The International […]
- Life Beyond Capital June 3, 2020Prof John O’Neill, University of Manchester CUSP essay series on the Morality of Sustainable Prosperity | No 6 This essay forms part of a series within the work programme of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, investigating the philosophical … Continue reading → The post Life Beyond Capital appeared first on The International Society […]
- What is Lost Through No Net Loss June 3, 2020John O’Neill Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (Received 26 October 2017; revised 08 June 2019; accepted 22 July 2019) Abstract No net loss approaches to environmental policy claim that … Continue reading → The post What is Lost Through No Net Loss appeared first […]
- University Teacher in Ecological Economics June 3, 2020Applications are invited for a 12-month fixed-term, full-time University Teacher in the area of ecological and environmental economics. The successful candidate will be required to teach compulsory courses on climate change economics to student cohorts at postgraduate taught (MSc) level. … Continue reading → The post University Teacher in Ecological Economics appeared first on The […]
- USSEE Newsletter June 2020 Job Opportunities June 1, 2020The U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station is seeking to hire a Research Economist with a duty station in Portland Oregon in the near future. The entry-level of this Research Economist is GS-110-12. A Ph.D. in Environmental Economics, Natural Resource … Continue reading → The post USSEE Newsletter June 2020 Job Opportunities appeared first on […]
- ESA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting June 1, 20202020 ESA Annual Meeting Harnessing the Ecological Data Revolution From August 3-6, ESA will virtually host the Annual Meeting for ecologists from around the world. This is an opportunity to join your colleagues and leaders from various fields for four … Continue reading → The post ESA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting appeared first on The […]
- USSEE 2020 Board Elections Open June 1, 2020USSEE 2020 Board Elections Open Voting is now open for 5 available USSEE board positions. All active USSEE members should have received an email yesterday with voting information. You can read about the candidates and cast your vote visit our website … Continue reading → The post USSEE 2020 Board Elections Open appeared first on The […]
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Tag Archives: Population Matters
Population Matters | One Year in Review
Director’s Message To steal Ervin Drake’s Christmas song made famous by Frank Sinatra, ‘It was a very good year’ for Population Matters, as the Annual Report shows. For me, key events and activities were our increased focus and developing partnerships with fellow … Continue reading
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Population Matters June 2019 Update
Director’s message PM Goes Global! Last year, supported by the London PM group, we marked World Population Day by showing the dramatic fact of ongoing human population growth via a live, giant digital ‘population clock’ mounted on a van. The … Continue reading
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Population Matters May 2019 Update
POPULATION MATTERS MEMBERS’ UPDATE May 2019 Here is a round up of our news Help Dandelion Africa transform rural communities in Kenya Boys for Change is a Dandelion Africa project which trains boys and young men to teach both girls … Continue reading
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Human Population and the Sixth Mass Extinction
PUBLIC CONFERENCE: HUMAN POPULATION AND THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION There is widespread consensus among scientists and conservationists that we are in the midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction, and that human beings are its cause. As the world’s population grows, … Continue reading
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Population Growth: A Multiplier of All Problems
Population Growth: A Multiplier of All ProblemsSummary Conclusions of Recent Research by Population Matters Conclusion and Recommendations Stable or reducing populations are an essential pre-condition for economic, social and biophysical sustainability – population growth makes all UK and global problems … Continue reading
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Another POV on Degrowth, Expensive Oil, and the New Economics of Energy
See (PDF): http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue61/Alexander2_61.pdf Samuel Alexander’s otherwise excellent critique of the failure of ecological economics to take proper account of rising energy prices contains a single, all too conventional flaw. He takes population growth as a ‘given’ to be accommodated rather … Continue reading
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Degrowth, Expensive Oil, and the New Economics of Energy
Degrowth, expensive oil, and the new economics of energy Samuel Alexander [University of Melbourne, Australia]Copyright: Samuel Alexander, 2012 See (PDF): http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue61/Alexander2_61.pdf Preparing for life after growth Building upon the ‘limits to growth’ perspective (Meadows et al, 2004), and drawing upon … Continue reading
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