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07 And to finish it off, a beautiful quote from ecological economist, Timothée Parrique

07 Here is a non-organized and non-exhaustive list of suggestions for making the transition sufficient, fast, fair, and peaceful

07 Degrowth is not the same as a recession.

06 See an extended and commonly used definition of Degrowth in the image.

05 Some good examples are Costa Rica, Bhutan, and many Greek islands.

05 We don't have to return to the caves.

04 Some sectors and national economies must shrink to free up ecological budgets, also allowing for other sectors and countries to grow.

04 Some must grow, some must shrink.

03 When crossing any of the nine Planetary Boundaries, we increase the risk of tipping points.

03 The world is in overshoot.

02 There is no empirical evidence of absolute decoupling.

02 A reduction is needed because our current (green growth) strategy isn't working.

01 Degrowth proposes reducing the size of the global economy to pursue sustainability and equality.

The media keep getting Degrowth wrong. Meanwhile, Green Growth strategies fail to deliver reductions fast enough and sufficiently. So, here's my 7-step breakdown of Degrowth 🧵

(10) When people talk about decoupling they have carbon tunnel vision. Even if we decoupled carbon emissions from economic growth, we would still overshoot other planetary boundaries, such as freshwater use (500,000 gallons per metric ton of lithium) and biochemical flows.