The long article. On GDP growth, Limits to Growth, Post-Growth economies, decoupling growth from fossil fuel consumption and CO2 production. And other related topics.
Was the tipping point last year, or in the next couple of decades?
13GtC/Yr turned into 40GtCO2/yr until the 1TtC of accessible fossil carbon is all gone. In one last #terafart. A temperature rise of >5C. 200k years before CO2 and temperatures drop back again.
An explanation for this.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/09/global-economy-transformed-humanity-future-un-chief-antonio-guterres
> Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
> Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
> Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
@jbond
Another Guardian article today sets out the issues quite well.
For some reason it hyphenates #degrowth, and it's impossible to read on a phone browser.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/feb/09/economic-growth-carbon-emissions-impact-global-heating
To find out more about degrowth:
https://explore.degrowth.net/
For the UK:
https://degrowthuk.org
And for a worked example at national level
https://gettingreal.org.uk/full-report/
@markhburton Indeed. But as Europe lurches towards the right, making Social Democracy cool again is a start to pulling the pendulum and Overton Window back again.
Unfortunately I'm one of those doomers who think BAU and the Capitalist system will try and continue for as long as possible. Until the inherent contradictions destroys it in systemic collapse. But that's long term, and I probably won't be around to see it. Maybe my kids won't either. But my grandchild?
Oops! I failed to link to this.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/feb/09/economic-growth-carbon-emissions-impact-global-heating
As mentioned lower down in the thread.
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