As countries explore ways of decarbonizing their economies, the mantra of “green growth” risks trapping us in a spiral of failures. Green growth is an oxymoron. Growth requires more material extraction, which in turn requires more energy. The fundamental problem we face in trying to replace fossil energy with renewable energy is that all our […]
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Mike Joy PhD is a senior researcher at the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.