Abstract
This is a challenging book. It tests the reader on a number of fronts including a series of intensive theoretical discourses on the political economy of the green economy, a critique of the neoliberal green growth agenda, and the uncomfortable proposition that the trajectory offered by the green economy has significant implications for the equitable development of society. The ultimatum of the book suggests that the proposed solutions are politically difficult and involve radical social change.
Highlights
It tests the reader on a number of fronts including a series of intensive theoretical discourses on the political economy of the green economy, a critique of the neoliberal green growth agenda, and the uncomfortable proposition that the trajectory offered by the green economy has significant implications for the equitable development of society
Having recently exprienced a UN Ministerial Summit on the Inclusive Green Economy, the dominant discussions focus upon the neoliberal response to the collective global environmental crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, waste and pollution intertwined with the deep social crisis of poverty within the global south
The solutions are numerous—mega infrastructure projects focusing on the large-scale deployment of renewable energy, the growth of ‘green’ SMEs built around social and technical innovation, promoting the circular economy that treats waste as resource, and the emergence of natural capital accounting systems that document and ‘value’ the natural assets of a nation
Summary
The solutions are numerous—mega infrastructure projects focusing on the large-scale deployment of renewable energy, the growth of ‘green’ SMEs built around social and technical innovation, promoting the circular economy that treats waste as resource, and the emergence of natural capital accounting systems that document and ‘value’ the natural assets of a nation. The current incremental approach based on ecological modernisation may not be enough to radically structure the global economy in the near term to meet both our climate change and social commitments under Paris and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
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