Advancing a Viable Global Climate Stabilization Project: Degrowth versus the Green New Deal

Pollin, Robert

doi:10.1177/0486613419833518

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“…The local governance (e.g., renewable technologies or services) had been proved very effective in reducing emissions of particulate matter [ 22 ]. Normally, economic growth is thought to be an acceptable way of strengthen the social and environment sustainability for all nations [ 23 ].…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Regional Green Development Strategy on Environmental Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Guo

Wang

et al. 2021

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Chinese government policy officially identify the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) as one of regional green development strategies firstly in 2014. This strategy can be regarded as quasi-natural experiment, this paper aims to test its impact on regional environmental total factor productivity (TFP). First, slack-based measure model is used to calculate the environmental TFP from 2005 to 2017 at provincial level. Second, based on Chinese official statistics, differences-in-differences (DID) method is applied to construct an evaluation model of policy effect, combining with the kernel matching in propensity score matching (PSM) method. The results show that environmental TFP of YREB has significant spatial differences, with characteristic of high-east and low-west, its average level is 11.69 percentage points higher than the national average. YREB strategy promotes regional economic growth, but it does no effect on the regional environmental TFP yet. Modelling suggests that YREB strategy may play a role in the short term. From the significance of the control variables, infrastructure construction level is positively correlated with environmental TFP, while per capita GDP, financial development and energy consumption intensity have negative effect on environmental TFP. Based on this, policymakers should focus on green development, promoting industrial transformation, and enhancing environmental protection.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Regional Green Development Strategy on Environmental Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Guo

Wang

et al. 2021

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“…[14,17,25]. Green growth requires robust industrial policies, which are particularly needed to increase green technology investments and adaptations [31].…”

Section: The Eu's Green Growth Discoursementioning

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The EU’s Green Deal: A Third Alternative to Green Growth and Degrowth?

Ossewaarde

Ossewaarde-Lowtoo

2020

Sustainability

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In December 2019, the European Union introduced its Green Deal in which the ecological crisis is prioritized. In doing so, the EU seems to be breaking with its traditional green growth discourse. Does it? In this article, we seek to find out whether and to what extent the EC indeed has such a revolutionary cultural, economic and political agenda in mind with its Green Deal. While the green growth discourse presumes a growth-based economy that must become greener, the degrowth discourse questions the growth model and perceives it as ecologically irresponsible. If the European Green Deal represents a third alternative, then it will somehow succeed in prioritizing ecology without welfare loss. To ascertain to what extent the European Green Deal is that third alternative, three preliminary steps need to be undertaken. The first step consists in a brief exposition of the key features of the traditional green growth discourse, as propounded by the EC and its various allies. Thereafter, the overlaps between the green growth discourse and the European Green Deal are noted. In the third section, the latter’s divergences from that previous model are highlighted. In the final section, the main question of the article is answered. It is also suggested that specific interpretations and implementations of the European Green Deal could possibly turn the original communication into an alternative to both green growth and degrowth.

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“…The interest in a green economy increased [21], but it was not until the global financial crisis of 2008 that the development and implementation of the green economy concept garnered special attention from both science and politics [13]. The period post 2008 saw the appearance of initiatives, primarily from UNEP, for promoting green economy, such as the Global Green New Deal (GGND) in 2009 [22]. This initiative, coordinated by UNEP, was one of the nine Joint Crisis Initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General of the UN and his Chief Executives Board in response to the 2008 economic and financial crisis [23].…”

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Transitioning to a Green Economy—Possible Effects on the Croatian Economy

Bogović

Grdić

2020

Sustainability

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Following the global economic crisis of 2008, the concept of green economy has become a significant field of interest for scientific research as well as for specific development policies in various countries around the world. More recently, the transition towards green economy has been considered a desirable model and alternative approach to development encompassing all elements of sustainable development—economic, ecological and social. By adopting the 2019 European Green Deal, the European Union has explicitly opted for a new pattern of development that involves all European countries transitioning their economies, i.e., achieving economic growth while significantly reducing their negative environmental impact. The aim of this paper was to assess the possible effects of Croatian economy transitioning in accordance with the European Green Deal strategic framework and resources planned for Croatia in the following EU budgeting period (2021–2027). Based on the regression analysis results and two developed investment scenarios for the green transition, the authors have shown the potential positive effects of such a process on the gross domestic product and on total employment. These results were further supported by arguments based on examples for specific sectors and economic activities. The authors conclude that transitioning towards green economy, i.e., implementing specific green economy policies can serve to push sustainable development in the EU while simultaneously contributing to the implementation of the strategic goals of the European Green Deal.

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Advancing a Viable Global Climate Stabilization Project: Degrowth versus the Green New Deal

Cited by 41 publications

References 9 publications

Impact of Regional Green Development Strategy on Environmental Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Impact of Regional Green Development Strategy on Environmental Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

The EU’s Green Deal: A Third Alternative to Green Growth and Degrowth?

Transitioning to a Green Economy—Possible Effects on the Croatian Economy

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